A 55-year-old man and his 53-year-old wife had been allegedly stabbed and injured at their dwelling in the Abhay Khand I pocket of Indirapuram in Ghaziabad by a husband-wife couple who beforehand labored with them as masons.
In keeping with cops, the suspects fled the scene after injuring the couple.
The injured, Ravikant Sharma, a chartered accountant, and his wife, Geeta Sharma, had been alone in their dwelling when the incident occurred at 1.30pm.
In keeping with investigators, the unidentified suspects had come to Sharma’s home for work.
“Throughout a disagreement over a earlier fee, the suspects stabbed and injured Sharma and his wife. After we realized in regards to the incident, we took the contractor, Sri Ram, who employed the suspects to work at Sharma’s home, in for questioning,” stated Swatantra Dev Singh, assistant commissioner of police (Indirapuram).
The 2 suspects are stated to be neighbours of Sri Ram in Khoda Colony.
In keeping with investigators acquainted with the case, the incident occurred in the home’s drawing room. Investigators stated the suspects stabbed the couple in the stomach and hit Sharma on the pinnacle with a hammer earlier than fleeing after latching the room door from outdoors.
Abha Mittal, Sharma’s neighbour, stated, “My husband acquired a name from Sharma saying he and his wife had been stabbed. So he hurried over to their home and unlatched the entrance door. The 2 had been badly harm, and there was lots of blood in the room.”
Rahul Kumar, one other neighbour, stated that he additionally rushed to Sharma’s home with the opposite neighbours after listening to the commotion.
“Within the drawing room, Sharma was awake whereas his wife was unconscious. So we drove them to the hospital,” he stated.
The police stated they’re trying into whether or not or not there was a theft try behind the incident.
“The suspects had come to my home 20 days in the past with the contractor, Sri Ram. They repaired our leaky roof. We observed the 2 suspects sitting outdoors Sharma’s home on Thursday afternoon. After some time, my husband acquired a name from our injured neighbour,” stated Mittal.
Cops stated they’re awaiting a proper grievance from Sharma’s household.
The police have shaped groups to trace the 2 suspects, and investigators will reveal their identities quickly, stated officers related to the case.