By IANS
Ghaziabad : Four members of a family were murdered by some unidentified assailants, reportedly over a property dispute, in Muradnagar in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday.
According to police, some unidentified people barged into Vijay Pal Singh’s home in the early hours of Saturday and attacked his family with sharp-edged weapons and hammers, while they were fast asleep in the open compound of their home in the Nabipur area.
“Singh, his wife Rajesh, son Nishant and son-in-law Mangal, were killed in the sudden assault,” Senior Superintendent of Police (Ghaziabad) Deepak Ratan told IANS.
“Initial investigations suggest that the family was murdered over a property dispute and we have got vital clues about the suspects’ hideouts. We can’t say how many were involved in the assault, but they will be arrested shortly,” he claimed.