Mathura mass killing mystery—tantric baba ‘brainwashing’ or mental distress?
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Mathura: Around Monday afternoon, 32-year-old Seema told her father she would come home and take her ailing mother to the doctor. She never did. Now, 60-year-old Brijender is unable to tell his paralysed wife why. In Hathras’s Mandnai village, he sits surrounded by neighbours, quietly greeting visitors who arrive with the same question: why?
About 50 kilometres away, in Mathura’s Khapparpur village, Seema and her three minor children were allegedly killed by her husband, Manish Jatav, police say. The 35-year-old left behind three messages — one written on paper, another scribbled on the wall of their one-room house, and a third in a 50-second video recorded on his mobile phone. “We, Manish and Seema, have died of our own will. No one else is responsible,” he says in the clip.
The room, painted dark green, was broken open on Tuesday morning by Manish’s brother, Sudhir, after the children didn’t come out to play as they did every day. Inside, the signs of violence remain stark — a suicide message written over the children’s chalk scribbles on the wall, blood stains on the mattress, and a live electric wire hanging loose.
“I peeped through the window and saw a bulb on. Then I saw their bodies. My brother was lying on the floor,” Sudhir said. “We broke open the door and called the police. I could not understand what had happened.”
Police said that, prima facie, Manish killed his three children first, then attacked his wife, before killing himself. The exact cause and time of death will be confirmed after post-mortem reports.
“It seems he recorded the video after killing his family,” said Shweta Verma, Circle Officer, Mahavan police station.
He was withdrawn. She was scared of ‘badnami’
Manish lived in Khapparpur with his wife Seema and their three children — aged two, four and five — in a house next to his brothers. The family worked in farming, though relatives say Manish was only seasonally employed and mostly stayed at home.
“He did not talk much. He rarely stepped out,” one neighbour said.
Family members said Manish had struggled with alcohol three years ago and would pick fights at home. Around that time, they turned to a local priest, Karua Baba, who heads the Haveli Wali Mata Rani temple located about 10 minutes away. Regular visits followed, and Manish gradually became a devoted follower.
“Over time, his involvement deepened, and he began spending long hours there,” Sudhir said.
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