In Karnal, Haryana, 27-year-old Himmat Singh allegedly murdered his father, Mahender Singh, and mother, Rajbala, using a power drilling machine. Driven by childhood resentment over his father's domestic abuse, as well as recent property disputes, disownment, and suspicions regarding his father's conduct toward his pregnant wife, Himmat planned the crime after watching crime shows like Crime Patrol. On the night of March 13, 2025, Himmat left his mobile phone at his rented residence to fake an alibi, scaled the wall of his parents' home wrapped in a thick sheet, unplugged a table fan, plugged in a stolen drilling machine, and fatally drilled into his sleeping father's head and throat. When his mother awoke and discovered the act, Himmat urged her to join his cover-up plan, claiming he was avenging her. When she refused and screamed, he choked her and drilled into her throat. He wrapped both bodies in rugs, placed them on a quilt in the trunk of his car, cleaned parts of the bloodstains, and drove to drop the bodies into a canal. The mother's body surfaced on March 16, 2025, leading neighbors and police to inspect the house, where blood splatters were found. CCTV footage captured Himmat's vehicle entering and leaving his parents' property late at night, leading to his arrest and confession.
Country: India
State/Province: Haryana, India
City/Region: Karnal
Incident Type: Family Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
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Incident Date: March 13, 2025
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Domestic Violence
The relationship pattern represents severe intra-familial escalation stemming from childhood exposure to chronic domestic abuse and alcoholism by the father. This deep-seated grudge intensified in adulthood over property ownership, formal disownment, and perceived inappropriate boundary violations toward the suspect's wife. The pattern culminated in a premeditated double homicide, where the offender sought to eliminate his father out of revenge and financial gain, and subsequently murdered his mother to eliminate a witness when she refused to cooperate.
Himmat Singh left his mobile phone at his rented accommodation to create a digital alibi showing he remained at home. He procured a power drilling machine from mechanics at the school where he worked as a bus driver under the pretext of vehicle maintenance. On the night of March 13, 2025, he scaled his parents' house wall wrapped in a sheet, unplugged a fan, plugged in the drilling machine, and attacked his father's head and throat. After killing his mother, he wrapped both bodies in rugs, laid them over a quilt in his car's trunk to absorb blood, and dumped them into a canal. Rajbala's body floated to the edge on March 16, 2025. Neighbors noticed blood splatters inside the house during Holi when the parents went missing. Police recovered CCTV footage showing Himmat's vehicle entering and leaving his parents' residence late at night. Confronted with video evidence, Himmat confessed to both murders, citing inspiration from shows like Crime Patrol.
Initially, Himmat Singh maintained that he was continuously at his rented house on the night of the incident, supported by his phone's location data. The absence of traditional weapons like knives or firearms initially raised questions regarding the instrument used. Furthermore, the suspect attempted to stage the scene so neighbors would believe his parents had traveled for Holi or died in a road accident.
The case reconstruction relies on physical evidence recovered from the crime scene (blood splatters on walls and floor despite cleanup attempts), recovery of Rajbala's body from the canal on March 16, 2025, and surveillance video capturing Himmat's car entering and exiting his parents' gated property during late-night hours. This contradicted his digital footprint alibi and led directly to his interrogation and detailed confession.
The offender demonstrated extreme lethality risk characterized by decades-long grudge persistence, multi-motive convergence (revenge, property, perceived boundary violations), and deliberate, unusual weapon selection (a power drilling machine). His capacity for cold-blooded execution was highlighted by immediate adaptation when his mother unexpectedly woke up, shifting from attempting to enlist her as an accomplice to silencing her permanently upon non-compliance. Post-incident behaviors showed deliberate evasion strategies derived from crime media, including staged digital alibis and body disposal.
Digital footprints (such as left-behind cell phones) can be intentionally manipulated by offenders seeking to establish false alibis based on crime media. Secondary indicators like unaccounted vehicular movements on private/neighbor CCTV systems often serve as critical breakthrough evidence. Intergenerational domestic conflict and unaddressed childhood exposure to domestic abuse can manifest as severe adult violence when combined with financial disputes.
Childhood exposure to physical domestic abuse, chronic paternal alcoholism, persistent intra-family arguments, escalating property disputes in court, and formal disownment of the son served as critical early warning signs.
Neighbors peeking into the home noticed blood splatters on the floor and walls despite partial cleaning. The recovery of Rajbala's floating body from a canal on March 16, 2025, triggered a formal homicide inquiry.
Neighborhood CCTV footage showing Himmat's car entering the family compound late at night, physical blood evidence inside the house, and vehicle inspection details served as the strongest evidence.
Neighbors reported expecting to play Holi with the family, but noticed their unexpected absence. Upon looking over the gate into the house, they observed blood splatters on the floor and immediately notified the police.
Initial missing-person assumptions shifted to a double-homicide investigation after Rajbala's body was recovered and CCTV footage disproved Himmat's location claims.
Police are still searching for the father Mahender Singh's body in the canal and investigating whether any accomplices helped Himmat during or after the crime.