Sambhal was rocked by the sensational triple murder of a former police inspector’s wife, her brother-in-law and maid servant. 

All three were found lying in pools of blood and prima facie it appeared to be a case of dacoity and murder. 

Senior police officers, including Moradabad Range IG Ramit Sharma, reached the spot and supervised investigation. They also summoned forensic experts to collect evidence from the scene of crime. 

Reports said that the relatives of Santoshi Devi (72), a resident of posh Guru Teg Bahadur Colony in Azad Nagar area of Chandausi in Sambhal, became anxious when they found her and her 62-year-old brother-in-law Kesar Singh’s mobile phones switched off since Wednesday morning. 

When some family members reached Santoshi Devi’s house on Saturday morning, they were shocked to see the bodies of Santoshi and her maid lying in the verandah, and that of Kesar Singh in a room. They had been brutally stabbed to death and later battered by a hammer.

The almirahs were found broken and all the belongings strewn all around, suggesting it to be a case of loot and murder. 

The police, however, said that enmity could not be ruled out as a motive for the murder as the killers had ensured that all the three victims were dead before they escaped. 

The police said that Santoshi Devi’s husband, who was an inspector in the UP Police, had died of illness in 1982 and since then Santoshi was living with his younger brother. 

Santosh’s daughter is living separately after her marriage. 

Moradabad Range IG said the police were investigating the case from all angles and hoped that the assailants would be brought to book soon.