All the members were sleeping?
On Wednesday, 29 May 2024, Police said that a man hacked to death eight members of his family with an axe in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district. Later he died by suicide.
The murders took place late Tuesday night in the village of Bodal Kachhar, over 145 km away from Chhindwara district headquarters.
Police said the man was suffering from some mental illnesses.
At 2.30 am, when the family was sleeping, Dinesh Gond went on a rampage.
He attacked his mother Siyabai, aged 55, wife Varsha, aged 23, brother Shravan Kumar, 35, and Shravan's wife Baratobai, 30.
He then killed his 16-year-old sister Parvati, five-year-old nephew Krishna and nieces Sewnti (4) and Deepa (1) with the axe.
All eight of them died on the spot.
He also attacked a 10-year-old neighbour who his grandmother rescued.
Hearing the victims' screams, neighbours entered the house. Seeing them, Dinesh fled the scene.
A few hours later, his body was found hanging from a tree, nearly 100 metres away from the spot.
The reason behind the attack is not known so far. Police have reached the spot and started an investigation.
Locals said that Dinesh's condition had worsened after his marriage.
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