Rohtak youth killed family as they refused money for gender reassignment surgery

In a shocking incident, Rohtak police, has arrested a 20-year-old youth, for allegedly killing four members of his family.

The accused Abhishek Malik had allegedly shot dead his property dealer father Pradeep Malik, mother Babli Devi and maternal grandmother Roshni Devi at their house in Vijay Nagar in Rohtak, while his 17-year-old sister succumbed to bullet wounds at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences two days later. He was arrested on September 1.

Interacting with mediapersons, Rohtak deputy superintendent of police (DSP, headquarters) Gorakh Pal said the accused had confessed to killing his family members.

“His family was opposed to his same-sex relationship. He was planning to flee abroad after getting money from his family.

His parents had called his maternal grandmother to convince him against undergoing the gender-change surgery.”

The DSP further said, “The accused had been planning to eliminate his parents for the last 20 days.

We have recovered the illegal pistol and mobile phones used during the murders.

The accused claimed that the pistol was brought by his father from his friend, which is illegal.

We have also recovered some jewellery that he had stolen after killing his family members. His plan was to make it look like a robbery,” the DSP added.

The DSP said the accused first shot at his sister, then maternal grandmother, mother and father. “After the crime, Malik threw the pistol into a canal and then went to a hotel near Delhi bypass to meet his friend. They drove on the Delhi road before stopping for lunch but he did not eat anything. After dropping his friend, Malik called his maternal uncle, saying that his parents were not picking up his calls and he was worried for them. Then he went home, called his neighbours and rushed his sister to PGIMS, where she died two days later,” said the cop.