A 30-year-old habitual gambler allegedly slit the throats of his wife and three minor daughters before fleeing to Rajasthan, police said on Sunday.
The accused, identified as Munchun Kewat, a labourer who also worked as a vegetable vendor at Azadpur Mandi, was apprehended from the Kishangarh Mandi area in Ajmer district.
The bodies of Anita (27), Kewat’s wife, and their three daughters—aged three, four and five—were found with their throats slit inside their residence on Wednesday. Neighbours alerted the police after finding the house locked and the family unresponsive.
According to a senior police officer, Kewat had been missing since the incident, prompting police to form multiple teams to trace him. While some teams were sent to…