The Tribune, January 24, 2001
Two sisters stabbed to death
Three murders in 24 hours shock Ambala
Tribune News Service
AMBALA, Jan 23 - Close on the heels of the murder of an elderly couple in Panchkula two sisters were stabbed in cold blood today in Ambala Cantonment .
In another incident a man killed his brother under the influence of liquor in Ambala City last night.
The three murders within 24 hours have left the residents shocked.
The double murder took place at Patel Nagar, located behind BD Mill, at about 11 am when the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, was in town regarding to inaugurate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Park.
Two sisters, Rani and Krishna, were brutally stabbed to death at their house in front of four-year-old Arun, who saw his mother, Krishna, and his aunt, Rani, being murdered. the sisters were married in the same family.
The assailant was chased by two local residents but he managed to escape.
The bodies of the sisters were lying in a pool of blood in a room of their small house. Both had been stabbed several times with a sharp-edged weapon, which the assailant ran away with.
According to the police the assailant was apparently known to the sisters. After gaining entry into the house, the assailant had first stabbed Krishna who was in the room. He then murdered Rani.
The volume of music system was high and the television was also on at the time of the murder. Police officials feel that this could have been done to drown any noise raised by the victims. The neighbours also said they did not hear any noise due to the loud music.
Meanwhile, the sole eyewitness, Arun, has told the police that the murder was committed by khet wala mama. "My mother was preparing food when mama stabbed her. Tai was outside on the roof and he stabbed her too," Arun informed the police.
He also told the police that the heavy-set murderer was wearing a black jacket and a black pant. The two persons who had chased the murderer also confirmed that the assailant was wearing the same colour clothes as told by Arun.
The distraught husband of Krishna, Ram Murath, who works as a gardener, said he and his brother were not at home when the incident took place. Ram Murath and Rani's husband, Ram Surat, have said that fights in their wives' family were common.
The Superintendent of Police, Mr Sandeep Khirwar, who visited the spot, said preliminary investigations had hinted at personal enmity. "We are investigating the case," he added.
A pall of gloom has descended in the neighbourhood. The broad daylight double murder has shocked the local residents who have been gripped by fear and a feeling of insecurity. ''Our husbands go out to work during the day and this can happen to anyone'', a neighbour said.
In the second case, a man stabbed his younger brother to death. The incident took place in Kunjband Mohalla under Chowki no 4 in Ambala City. The brothers had alcohol together and then a fight broke out between them over some matter.
Harvilas, stabbed his younger brother, Subhash with a sharp-edged weapon killing him. An FIR has been lodged and the police was looking for the assailants in the two cases.
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