Man with child-murder past kills woman, dies

Bhopal: In a horrifying incident from Purvi Nishatpura, a man who served his full sentence after being convicted of murdering his three children, aged 13, 10 and 3 years, about 18 years ago, allegedly stabbed his ‘guru sister' to death before ending his own life by jumping in front of a train.Police said the accused attacked the woman with a knife, inflicting as many as 13 stab wounds, including 9 on the chest and 4 in the abdomen. After committing the crime, he locked the house from outside and fled. He later threw himself on to a railway track near Nishatpura station before being run over by a speeding train. Gautam Nagar police said the deceased was identified as Durga Kushwaha, 50, wife of Dalchand Kushwaha, a resident of Gali No 2 behind Hanuman Temple in Purvi Nishatpura. She was a homemaker, while her husband is a bus driver. The family originally belongs to Sagoni village in Tendukheda in Narsinghpur district.According to police, the accused, Pritam Singh Kushwaha, considered her his ‘guru sister', lived at her house for about a year and even pushed a vegetable cart in the locality to make a living. After his release from Narsinghpur jail on January 26, 2025, he sought shelter at the residence of his ‘guru sister', as he belonged to her native place. However, the woman's family recently pressured him to vacate the house, allegedly angering him.Murder and escapeSharing details of the incident, Gautam Nagar SHO Mahendra Singh Thakur said on Sunday evening, Durga's husband left for Balaghat with a travel bus, while both sons were at work. On Monday afternoon, Pritam took Durga to an under-construction building located in the vicinity of the house and stabbed her repeatedly. He then locked the rear gate and escaped.Around 3 pm, her son Arun returned home and, after not finding her, went to the construction site with his wife. Finding the front door locked from inside and the rear door locked from outside, he broke in and discovered Durga's blood-soaked body. The accused, meanwhile, flung himself on the tracks and got run over by a train.