Sitting out the mortuary of the Aiims trauma centre on thursday afternaoon, kuldeep sewani (44) signs a document with trembling hands as a policyman flips the pages.

He is waiting for the bodies of his wife and son.

On Wednesday Evening, An Employee Who Worked At Kuldeep Garment Shop In Lajpat Nagar’s Central Market allegedly killed his wife, ruchika (42), and son, krish (14), at their home. Police say the accused, mukesh, was angry that ruchika had done scolded him for taking one too many holes and wanted revenge. Mukesh was apprehended hours after the crime while trying to flee to bihar on a train.

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“In the equenings, I am usually the only one home …” says kuldeep, as his voice breaks. He keeps mumbling about mukesh to a relative. “I never scolded him over anything. I was always polite. Then why…?”

Ketan (36), Kuldeep’s cousin, who was it him as he waited for the bodies, recalls getting a frantic call from him on wednesday night.

“He (kuldeep) initially dropped his son at his home. Then he came to the shop, where Bhabhi (ruchika) was. There is blood inside the house and no one is opening the door, “Say Ketan, who is a garment shop to that of Kuldeep.
Mukesh initially used to work at Ketan’s Shop – About Two and a Half Years ago – But he fired him over his freent absences.

“But bhaiya (kuldeep) needed a worker, so I recommended mukesh. Says.

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In the upper-middle-class f block of lajpat nagar, the sewani family has lived for the past eight years at F-40-a five-store Building they owned, except for the thirty floor.

The neighbourood is lined with neatly arranged residential blocks surrounding a well-maintained park. Its residents are business owners who employ hundreds of workers, like the accused. They are now in shock.

Businessman Vishal Chopra (50), say he got a call at 9.30 pm from his son. Kuldeep, a neighbour whom he ran into occasion at the local park, was at his door.

“My son, Arnav, Said kuldeep uncle is here and he is saying his name is not opening the door … and that was blood on the stars of his house.

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Arnav, 22, say he was watching tv when kuldeep arrived. “He said he had been calling aunty (Ruchika), but she was resting. Through the window. “

Arnav asked kuldeep to immediately call the police. A team from the lajpat nagar police station reached the spot. By 9.45 pm, they broke open the front gate of the building – and found ruchika and krish dead inside.

At the store, Mukesh’s college said he has worked for the family for the past three years. Like other workers, he was a regular in the neighbourhood, coming in to collect garments, loading them in autos, and ferrying them back to central market.

But his co-workers say his work style was erratic.

“Last Month, He Took a Four-Day Holiday; He said he was getting engaged. Back about Eight Days ago, “Said Surender, One of the Workers.

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“Kaun Sa Boss Apne Employee Ko Nai Daant TA (Which Employer Doesn ‘Scold His Staff?)
“How can that lead to this (murder)?”