Sydney:In a double murder case of an Indian family, living in Australia, the husband is to be charged with the murder of his wife, 38-year-old, Jyoti Mehta and his step-daughter, nine year old, Ujalla Dinesh Their bodies were found on Monday morning in Blue Mountains, said the New South Wales Police.
At about 2.00 pm on Sunday, a bush-walker sighted a female’s body at the bottom of the Echo Point look-out in the Blue Mountains, which is a popular tourist spot and informed the police immediately.
At about 6 pm on Sunday evening, the local police from Blue Mountain local area command and the Rescue Squad located another body of a female, a short distance from the first body
Mehta’s 41-year-old husband was arrested from the family house in Dunn Way Blacktown, a western Sydney suburb He had reported a missing complaint about his wife and her daughter almost a month ago
The police said that the man is expected to be charged with the two counts of murder and refused bail.
Due to the deteriorating weather and light conditions, the Blue Mountain Crime scene was secured overnight and the bodies were retrieved on Monday morning,
The bodies are believed to be of the woman and a child who were reported missing since March 5, 2008 However, the formal identification process is yet to be carried out.
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