Rohtak, April 01: A retired SDO of Haryana Irrigation Department died under mysterious circumstances today at his house in Chunni Pura colony here and his wife, son and five other relatives have been arrested for his alleged murder.
The kin of the deceased, who has been identified as Om Prakash Dalal, tried to dispose off his body by cremating it clandestinely, the police said.
However, on receiving a complaint from the victim’s brothers who suspected foul play, the police rushed to the cremation ground and got the flames of the funeral pyre extinguished with the help of fire tenders but till then the body was almost burnt, they said.
A case of murder and destruction of evidence has been registered against seven relatives of the deceased, including his wife and a son, who have all been arrested, based on the complaint of the Dalal’s brothers, the police said.
-Agencies