Man kills business partner’s wife, son, tries to kill self

A 50-year-old man went on a mass killing spree, killing the son and wife of his business partner and leaving him, his elder son and domestic help injured.

Police officers said that Rajesh Jolly reached the residence of his business partner Ajay Khurana in Noida’s Sector- 39 area on Tuesday night where he shot Khurana’s wife and younger son Ankush.

They added Khurana and his elder son Amit overpowered Jolly but not without sustaining serious injuries. All three have been admitted to the Kailash Hospital in Noida. Their condition is said to be stable.

Recreating the sequence of events, the police said that Jolly knocked at Khurana’s door around 11pm on Tuesday night. When Rajendra, the domestic help, opened the door, Jolly stabbed him with a sharp-edged weapon multiple times and went inside the house. He entered the bungalow and started firing indiscriminately from his two pistols he was carrying, at anyone who came his way.

Khurana’s younger son Ankush was first shot dead at point blank range and hearing his screams, his mother Anju came out of her room but was shot in the chest.

“Prima facie, it appears that the two business partners had some dispute over the purchase of a property recently. …read more