Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police has arrested a man identified as Rahul, the former driver of businessman Satish Goel, for allegedly killing him and six other members his family. The seven people were killed late on Tuesday night in Ghaziabad.
Sources say Rahul carried out the murders as an act of revenge because he was sacked from his job as a driver by Goel for an alleged theft in the house. So in order to take revenge Rahul brutally killed the seven family members including Goel.
The police have also recovered a knife which was allegedly used for carrying out the murders. Rahul reportedly killed the women and children brutally first and then he went on to kill the other members. Investigators have also recovered some jewellery from the Rahul.
Goel and six members of his family, including his three grandchildren, were found killed in their house in a densely populated locality on Ghaziabad on Wednesday morning. Goel (62), his wife Manju (60), son Sachin (40), daughter-in-law Rekha (38), and grandchildren Medha (13), Honey (11) and Aman were found killed inside the house....
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