On November 5, 2024, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 30-year-old IT professional Vicky Vishal Gupta allegedly shot and killed his uncle, Rajendra Gupta, along with Rajendra's wife Neetu, daughter Namrata, and sons Gauri and Chhotu across two locations. According to the investigation and Vicky's recorded custodial interview, the killings were motivated by a 23-year-old grudge. In 2001, when Vicky was seven years old, Rajendra Gupta reportedly murdered Vicky's father and mother, and months later shot Vicky's grandfather dead. After surviving by hiding, Vicky and his siblings were raised in his uncle's household under reported mistreatment. Carrying a desire for revenge as he grew up, educated himself, and worked in Delhi, Vicky purchased two pistols and 20 rounds of ammunition. On November 5, 2024, he allegedly shot Rajendra in the head in Badhani while he slept, then traveled by auto-rickshaw to Rajendra's main residence, hid on the roof, and sequentially shot Neetu, Namrata, Gauri, and Chhotu. He subsequently fled by train and avoided electronic detection for three months by avoiding mobile phones, bank accounts, and ATMs, communicating only via anonymous email addresses with his younger brother Prashant for financial support. Police eventually arrested Vicky, who confessed during interrogation with minimal reported remorse.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Varanasi
Incident Type: Family Homicide
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Incident Date: Nov. 5, 2024
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The incident stems from a long-standing intra-family vendetta spanning over two decades rather than a spousal or romantic conflict. In approximately 2001, Rajendra Gupta reportedly shot and killed his brother and sister-in-law (Vicky's parents) and subsequently killed his own father over property and financial disputes. After being raised by the perpetrator's family under severe emotional stress, the surviving nephew carried out a planned revenge attack 23 years later, eliminating his uncle and his uncle's nuclear family.
Police initially struggled to locate the killer because he refrained from using cell phones, bank accounts, or digital footprint tools. Investigation revealed that the suspect created fake email addresses to communicate with his younger brother in Delhi for financial assistance. Following his arrest three months later, police obtained court custody and conducted a recorded custodial interrogation detailing the chronological sequence of the murders.
Initial confusion existed regarding how the killer executed five individuals in two separate locations without immediate detection and how an IT professional with no prior criminal record evaded law enforcement for three months without leaving digital traces.
Reconstruction based on police interrogation indicates Vicky arrived in Varanasi around November 3, 2024, carrying two semi-automatic pistols and 20 rounds. On the morning of November 5, he entered Rajendra Gupta's residence in Badhani and shot him in the head while he slept. He then traveled to Rajendra's family home, accessed the roof via a rear alleyway, waited for victims to wake up, and systematically shot Neetu, Namrata, Gauri, and Chhotu in head and upper body areas before fleeing by train from Mughalsarai.
The case illustrates high-risk dynamics associated with unresolved multi-generational extreme domestic violence and unaddressed severe childhood trauma. The suspect spent 23 years planning revenge, acquired firearms, systematically targeted five victims in two locations, and demonstrated operational security knowledge to evade police detection for three months.
Unprosecuted historical violent crimes within families can foster severe long-term retaliatory dynamics. Advanced technical literacy combined with complete digital disconnection poses significant challenges to modern law enforcement tracking efforts.
Historical unpunished triple murder within the family 23 years prior and persistent harbor of revenge by the surviving orphaned nephew.
Untraceable financial support provided through anonymous email communication between the suspect and his brother.
Custodial confession video, forensic ballistics matching two semi-automatic handguns, and crime scene ballistics.
The suspect described witnessing his parents being shot in the head as a 7-year-old while hiding his toddler brother under a sewing machine cover, and witnessing his grandfather being murdered months later while hiding behind bricks near an Ambassador car.
Initial mystery over the missing nephew's location was resolved after police identified his anonymous email communication channel three months after the incident.
Details regarding how the suspect originally acquired two semi-automatic handguns and 20 rounds of live ammunition remain subject to ongoing legal proceedings.