Man accused of killing 4 kids in Mira road caught at Mumbai

Man accused of killing 4 kids in Mira road caught at Mumbai

Rajkumar Amarnath Chauhan victims include a 27-year-old woman and her four children – between three months and five years of age, said the police. Chauhan’s two accomplices – Anil Saroj and Sunil Saroj – are still at large, police said. The two are said to be residents of Varanasi. Twenty-eight years ago, a mother and her four young children were brutally knifed to death by her three neighbours in Mira Road. The culprits escaped and the manhunt subsequently went cold. The case, however, did not end there.

On Friday, one of the murderers, identified by the police as Rajkumar Amarnath Chauhan, was caught as he landed in Mumbai from Qatar, where he had been working since 2007. Chauhan’s victims include a 27-year-old woman and her four children – between three months and five years of age - said the police.Chauhan’s two accomplices – Anil Saroj and Sunil Saroj – are still at large, police said. The two are said to be residents of Varanasi.The Kashimira unit of the Mira Bhyandar – Vasai Virar (MBVV) police crime branch, who made the arrest, said that Chauhan is from Uttar Pradesh and was being taken to Kashimira.The crime branch officers of MBVV police said that the three accused used to live in Mira Road and were neighbours to their victims; family of Rajnarayan Prajapati, his wife Jagrani Prajapati and their four children – Pramod (5), Pinky (3), Pintu (2) and an infant.