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In a shocking incident, a man allegedly slit the throats of his two-month pregnant wife and three daughters at their residence in outernorth area of the national capital. The police suspect that the preference for a son could be behind the killings.

The incident took place at Prem Chand Park area on Wednesday morning, and first responders were in shock when they witnessed the horrific sight, where 27-year-old Anita and her daughters, aged three, four and five years, were lying in a pool of blood.

According to police, all four victims had their throats slit with a sharp-edged weapon. “The injuries were so deep that their windpipes were cut," a senior police officer was quoted as saying by news agency PTI, describing the crime scene as “extremely brutal".

While investigators are probing all possible angles, including a suspected extramarital affair, preliminary inquiry suggests that the gruesome killings may have been triggered by the couple’s three girl children.

It is reported that the suspect, Munchun Kewat, has been missing from the house. Police said a PCR call was received at 8.07 am on Wednesday.

The bodies were first noticed in the morning by relatives and neighbours. “This morning, when my brother-in-law’s son came with his uncle to go to the market, he was crying. I came down and asked him what happened," Rubi, a relative, told PTI.

“He said aunt and cousins’ throats have been slit," Rubi said. “When I asked around, I found out that there had been a murder. No one knew anything about it last night."

Prima facie, it appears that Kewa allegedly intoxicated his wife and daughters before attacking them.

“No specific reason has come to light yet, but it has been learned that they had a dispute around 9 pm last night," a police officer said, adding that all angles, including the possibility of an affair, are being examined.

The relative, Rubi, said the family, originally from Bihar’s Patna district, had been living in the area for the past two years and that the couple did not usually fight. Kewat worked as a vegetable seller at Azadpur Mandi.

Crime and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) teams inspected the scene and collected evidence.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination, and a case has been registered.