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Noida family drugged, woman dead

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NOIDA: A young woman was killed and her husband along with their two children was taken seriously ill here on Saturday after their domestic help allegedly drugged the family and decamped with jewellery, cash and other valuables from the house.

According to the police, prime suspect Akash had been hired by the family a couple of months ago at the instance of a relative.

The family lived on the first floor of a house on rent in Noida’s Sector 50. The bizarre incident came to light on Saturday morning when landlord Satish Madra went upstairs to inquire about them after he did not notice them for a long time. To his utter shock, he found Ajay Naini, his wife Sandhya Naini and their children Rakshak and Sarah lying unconscious and all cupboards in the house open and rooms ransacked. Mr. Madra immediately alerted the Nainis’ relatives. The victims were rushed to Prayag Hospital where Sandhya was declared brought dead. The condition of the other three members of the family was described as serious.

“We tried to massage their hands and feet and poured water on them in a bid to revive them, but to no avail. We then called for an ambulance from a nearby hospital. On reaching hospital, Sandhya was declared brought dead,” said a close relative of the family.

The hands and legs of Sandhya were tied up and there were injury marks on her neck. She is suspected to have died of suffocation. Alprax, a type of tranquilizer, was used to poison the family, a doctor said.

Another help of the family, Rajinder, said: “We all had dal- chawal for dinner on Friday night. When I got up in the morning, I was semi-conscious and feeling giddy.”

A senior police officer said: “Some cash and jewellery are reportedly missing indicating that robbery was the motive behind the poisoning.”

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