Haryana's Palwal killer, batters 6 to death in 2 hours; iron rod was murder weapon
A former Army man was arrested for killing six people within the span of two hours in Haryana's Palwal. The murders, committed using an iron rod, did not appear linked according to initial reports.
In Short
- 6 people killed in span of 2 hours in Palwal.
- Iron rod believed to be the murder weapon used.
- An ex-Army man has been arrested for the murders.
Haryana's Palwal woke up on a cold and foggy Tuesday morning today to discover that a man has brutally killed six people within a span of two hours.
The murders, which were carried out between 2 am and 4 am in different locations of the city, were committed using an iron rod.
The police said the suspected killer - identified as an ex-Army man who goes by the name of Naresh - has been arrested. They said he was found in an injured state in Palwal's Adarsh Colony.
Palwal's Superintendent of Police Sulochana Gajraj said Naresh was around 40 to 45-years-old and "appeared to be mentally weak". Gajraj suggested that Naresh's victims were chosen at random, saying he "attacked whoever he came across on the streets".
"We have recovered an identity card from him which suggests he is a retired Army man, but further investigations are still be carried out," Garg added.
The murders were committed in different areas - Naresh first killed a woman in a hospital in Palwal.
He reached the facility at around 2:30 in the morning, killed the woman - identified as Anjum - and hid in a washroom in the building.
Naresh then escaped from the hospital and murdered five more people. Four were killed out on the streets in an area between Palwal's Agra Road and Minar Gate.
The sixth person to be killed was a watchman employed by a local engineering workshop. The guard was killed near the market on Palwal's Rusulpur Road.
Naresh was finally arrested from the Adarsh Colony area where he attacked the police officers who had come to apprehend him. Once in custody, he was taken to Palwal's civil hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Naresh was later moved to a different hospital in Faridabad.
Following the murders, police in Palwal have issued a high alert and are interrogating the accused.
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