Four members of a family, including a former sarpanch, were allegedly murdered by his first wife and her teenage son and daughter in Rajasthan's Ajmer district.
The victims were identified as former sarpanch Ram Singh Choudhary (45), his mother and former sarpanch Pusi Devi (85), his second wife Surgyan Devi (40), and niece Mahima.
The accused slit the throats of all four victims inside the house using a sharp-edged agricultural weapon and then set their bodies on fire inside an SUV.
The police alleged that the accused had planned the murders after the ex-sarpanch subjected his first wife and children to physical and mental harassment for years.
The first wife, Sunita, and her 16-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter have been taken into custody for their alleged role in the killings.
