Entire Jalandhar and the nation went into shock after the dead bodies of three minor sisters were found stuffed inside a trunk in their house early Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Kanchan (4), Shakti (7) and Amrita (9). At first, a missing report was filed by the girls' parents on Sunday night after their father Sunil Mandal started to scream in the neighborhood in search of his daughters. The Police the arrived at the spot and filed a missing report. However, early Monday morning, the dead bodies of three girls were found stuffed inside the trunk of their house. The Police therefore took both mother and father into custody for questioning. While interrogation, the father confessed that he along with his wife killed their 3 daughter and stuffed their bodies inside a trunk.
As per reports, the father himself killed his three daughters by mixing pesticides in their milk. He claimed that he was not in a condition to take care of them and provide for their upbringing. Both the husband and wife planned this murder. Kartarpur DSP Balbir Singh informed, "Three sisters found dead in the trunk of the house. We got the information from Kanpur village about the missing of three sisters around 11 at night... The family is from Bihar and they are migrant labourers... Yesterday their parents went to work when they returned home their three children were missing. Police went to the spot and investigated the whole night. Today in the morning our Sub Inspector went on the spot again. He found the bodies in the trunk... Further investigation underway."
It is pertinent to mention here that when the father was presented in front of the media, he said that he committed a mistake, however, did not answer anything else.
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Landlord's account
Speaking about the incident, the landlord of the property, Surendra Singh, disclosed that the girls' father had raised concerns late last night about their father going missing. However, after a police visit and inquiry, no further action was taken. It now appears that the girls' father may have been attempting to conceal his involvement in the tragic events.