On January 20, 2026, a gruesome discovery shocked residents of Kaushik Vihar Colony in the Sarsawa area of Saharanpur district: the bodies of five members of the same family were found inside a single locked room at their home, each suffering gunshot wounds to the head.
🔫 Scene & Evidence
- Police found three loaded pistols near Ashok’s body inside the locked room.
- Forensic teams were called in immediately to collect evidence and examine the crime scene.
- All five victims had close-range gunshot wounds, and preliminary police analysis indicates the deaths were caused by these shots.
✉️ Possible Motive
Investigators are working on several angles, with murder-suicide being a major focus: the theory is that Ashok may have shot his family and then himself.
Senior officials, including Saharanpur SSP Ashish Tiwari, confirmed that forensic teams and senior police officers were at the scene, and all possibilities (including murder, suicide, and external involvement) were being examined.
