"He was frustrated all the time. He had to take care of the house chores, and tend to both his ailing wife and mentally challenged daughter at the age of 89. His body was giving up and he didn’t know what to do,” said the neighbours of Purshottam Singh Gandhok, who killed his wife and daughter on Sunday. He wanted to end his life, too, but could not muster the courage.
 
Gandhok, who had fought in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, left the Army in 1976 after sustaining a bullet injury in his leg. He started driving a car in Mumbai, and later, started a small shop, said police. He had to shut his shop down, and was jobless. He had been taking care of both his wife Jasbir Kaur and younger daughter Kamaljeet Kaur, 51, for the past 20 years. Late Sunday night, Gandhok killed his bedridden wife and mentally challenged daughter with the kitchen knife, police said. He spent hours crying, thinking of taking his life, too, but couldn’t do it. He finally called his older daughter and the police were called.

Prem Sandesh society in Andheri East where the family lived in a rented flat