3 min readJaipurUpdated: May 29, 2026 05:21 AM IST
Just after dawn on Thursday, flames rising from a burning Scorpio on a road in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district drew villagers and police personnel to the spot. Inside the vehicle were three charred bodies. A fourth victim was reportedly pulled out of the burning vehicle by a truck driver and later taken to hospital, but was declared dead.
Within hours, investigators would uncover what they describe as a carefully staged crime scene — one that police now say was meant to disguise the murder of an entire family as an accident.
Police have since arrested 45-year-old Sunita, the first wife of former sarpanch Ramsingh Chaudhary, and detained the couple’s 19-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son in connection with the killings of Ramsingh, his mother and former sarpanch Pusi Devi, his second wife Surgyan Devi, and his niece.
The incident took place in Shrirampura village under Borada police station limits around 5.30 am on Thursday.
According to Ajmer SP Harshvardhan Agarwala, investigators believe the four victims were killed inside their house during the night before, and their bodies were transported in the vehicle, which was set ablaze around 500 metres away.
“As per the information received, Ramsingh frequently consumed alcohol and there was domestic violence involving the first wife and children. He had married his second wife in 2017 and had two children with her. We found information that there was a fight in the family on Wednesday, after which the accused allegedly planned the killings,” Agarwala said.
Police said the victims were allegedly attacked with sharp-edged farming tools available at the house and nearby fields.
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Investigators believe that after the murders, the bodies were loaded into the rear compartment of the Scorpio. The accused then allegedly siphoned diesel from a tractor parked at the residence before the vehicle was driven away and set on fire.
At around 6 am, police received information about a vehicle engulfed in flames on Shrirampura road.
What initially appeared to be a tragic accident began unravelling as forensic teams examined the scene. Blood stains found at multiple locations inside the house and other circumstantial evidence pointed investigators toward members of the family itself.
According to police, after allegedly setting the vehicle on fire, the daughter and mother returned home while the minor son later joined them there.
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Police said sustained questioning and forensic evidence eventually led investigators to reconstruct the sequence of events. The case remains under investigation.
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