Delhi Murder: ‘Dhatura laddoos, strangled with muffler’ Delhi man walks into police station, confesses to killing mother, 2 siblings; attempted suicide multiple times | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man walked into Laxmi Nagar Police Station on Monday and confessed to killing his mother, sister and teenage brother.When police reached his home, they found the bodies of his mother, Kavita (46), and two siblings – Meghna (24), a lab staffer, and Mukul (14), a Class 7 student. As the family was religious, the accused son is suspected of mixing heavy sedatives (dhatura) in prasad laddoos. He then strangled them with a muffler, according to the police. The probe revealed the accused, identified as Yashbir Singh, was under severe financial stress. Singh, who earlier worked as a private driver, was unemployed for the past six months. His father, a truck driver, had started living separately in Haryana around the same time. Singh was also allegedly facing marital discord and had sent his wife to her maternal home a day earlier.Accused laced food with sedatives, strangled family membersDuring questioning, Singh allegedly told police that he took a life insurance policy of around Rs 1.5 crore and attempted suicide 4-5 times in the last 2 months by staging accidents, getting himself bitten by a snake, and even injecting air, but failed each time, police said.He further claimed that he had an argument with his mother a day before the incident. “He stated that on Sunday his mother confronted him and told him that if he intended to end his life, he should first kill all family members and then face the consequences,” police said.The accused said that on Sunday morning he brought intoxicating seeds from the Yamuna Bank area, mixed them with food, and fed them to his family members, who were religious. “As per his version, today morning he went to a Shiv Mandir near Yamuna Bank Metro Station, collected dhatura seeds from a nearby dhatura plant, prepared dhatura laddoos using atta and sugar, and fed them to his family members,” a senior police officer said, adding that after they lost consciousness, he allegedly strangled them.A police source said that he murdered them between 1.30 pm and 2 pm, and after some time he surrendered before the police. Police will wait for autopsy report to confirm the time of deaths.Police stressed these details are solely based on the accused’s confession and are yet to be verified.The family lived on rent on the first floor of a 5-storey house, locals said. The house owner lives on the floors above with his family. Neighbours remember the family, except the accused son, as religious, and said they visited the temple in the lane behind the house daily at least twice.“The last I spoke to the family was on Sunday evening. The younger boy (Mukul) came to light an earthen lamp. He always greeted while passing by, but that is all that is known of the family. They came to the temple regularly every morning around 5 am to offer water and then in the evening to light the lamp. This was their routine since the last 2 years,” said temple priest Ashok, adding that the elder boy, referring to Yashbir, however, only came last year on Janmashtmi.A neighbour, Paras, said the family kept to themselves and remembers that Paras had greeted him on Sunday evening.A crime team and forensic experts inspected the scene, and further investigation is under way to establish the exact sequence of events and the cause of death. An FIR has been registered, and multiple teams were formed to conduct a detailed probe.