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Last Updated:January 01, 2025, 14:40 IST
The clip emerged hours after 24-year-old Arshad killed his family, made a video of the murders and shared it online.
Arshad was arrested at the crime scene and the victims have been identified as his mother Asma and sisters Alia (9), Alshia (19), Aksa (16) and Rahmeen (18).
In a chilling video, a man accused of murdering his mother and four sisters at a hotel in Lucknow said that he committed the killings because he did not want his “sisters to be sold". The clip emerged hours after 24-year-old Arshad killed his family, made a video of the murders and shared it online. Arshad was arrested at the crime scene and the victims have been identified as his mother Asma and sisters Alia (9), Alshia (19), Aksa (16) and Rahmeen (18).
In the clip, Arshad alleges that neighbours and land mafia in their hometown Budaun captured their house and planned to traffick his sisters. He also said that he killed his mother and three sisters and the fourth was about to die while showing the bodies. He said that he choked them and slit their wrists while his father helped him.
“Our family has taken this step due to harassment by people in the neighbourhood. I have killed my mother and sisters. When police get this video, they must know that the locals are responsible. They harassed us to capture our house. We raised our voice, but no one heard. It has been 15 days that we have been sleeping on the footpath, wandering in the cold. We don’t want the children to wander in the cold. They have captured our house. The documents are with us," Arshad said in the video.
Naming several people responsible for the deaths, Arshad said in the video, “They are land mafia, they also sell girls. They planned to frame the two of us (him and his father) in a false case and sell our sisters. We did not want that. So I was forced to kill my sisters by choking them and slitting their wrists."
He then showed the bodies of his mother and sisters ans said, “I may not be alive till the morning"- suggesting that he had planned to die by suicide too. He continued, “We are from Budaun, my aunt has proof (of residence) going back to 1947. They spread lies about us that we are Bangladeshis."
Arshad said in the video that the family wanted to convert to live in peace. “We approached many people for help, but they did not help us. Now my sisters are dying and I will die in a short while. But no family in India should be forced to do this," he said, requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath for justice. “I request with folded hands, we did not get justice in life, at least give us justice in death. They should get the strictest punishment. They are connected with leaders and police. They captured half of our plot and wanted to capture the other half."
He also claimed that the family wanted to convert to live in peace, adding, “We approached many people for help, but they did not help us. Now my sisters are dying and I will die in a short while. But no family in India should be forced to do this," he said, requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath for justice. “I request with folded hands, we did not get justice in life, at least give us justice in death. They should get the strictest punishment. They are connected with leaders and police. They captured half of our plot and wanted to capture the other half."
News18 cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video.
Location :Uttar Pradesh, India
First Published:January 01, 2025, 14:35 IST
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