Palwal: Ex Army man kills 6 in 2 hours, mentally weak police says
A man in his 40’s brutally killed six people within a span of two hours in Haryana’s Palwal between 2 am and 4 am in different locations of the city.
The suspected killer was identified as Naresh- an ex-Army man, who has been arrested. They said he was found in an injured state in Adarsh Colony.
Palwal Superintendent of Police Sulochana Gajraj said Naresh "appeared to be mentally weak". Gajraj suggested that Naresh's victims were chosen at random, saying he "attacked whoever he came across on the streets".
"We have recovered an identity card from him which suggests he is a retired Army man, but further investigations are still be carried out," Garg added.
He reached the facility at around 2:30 in the morning, killed the woman - identified as Anjum - and hid in a washroom in the building. Naresh then escaped from the hospital and murdered five more people. Four were killed out on the streets in an area between Agra Road and Minar Gate.
The sixth person to be killed was a watchman employed by a local engineering workshop. The guard was killed near the market on Palwal's Rusulpur Road.
Naresh was finally arrested from the Adarsh Colony area where he attacked the police officers who had come to apprehend him. Once in custody, he was taken to Palwal's civil hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Naresh was later moved to a different hospital in Faridabad.
Following the murders, police in Palwal have issued a high alert and are interrogating the accused.
