Delhi: Woman, son allegedly killed by domestic help in Lajpat Nagar

A woman and her teenage son were allegedly killed by their domestic help at their home in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area, police officials said on Thursday.

The police said that the accused, identified as Mukesh (24), was nabbed by Uttar Pradesh Police from a train while he was trying to flee.

Kuldeep Sewani called the police on Wednesday night as his wife and the 14-year-old son were not responding to calls and that there were bloodstains on the staircase of their house.


"A PCR van and a team were immediately rushed to the spot where the caller, Kuldeep, informed police about the bloodstains and the unresponsive state of his family. The gate of the house was forcibly opened," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Hemant Tiwari said in a statement.

The victims, Ruchika and her son, were found inside the house. While the woman's body was found in the bedroom, her son's was found in the bathroom, he said.

Kuldeep owns a garment shop in the Lajpat Nagar market and their son was a class 10 student.

During preliminary investigation, it was found that the family's domestic help Mukesh, a native of Hajipur in Bihar, had been missing since the incident. He also worked at the garment shop and as a driver for the family, the DCP said.

He was later arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police from the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction while he was fleeing in a train, Tiwari said.

Police said the motive behind the double murder is yet to be ascertained and further investigation is underway.

(With PTI inputs)