They were responsible for the debacle at my home, so I decided to end it all,” said 54-year-old Chetan Gala who went on a killing spree at his Grant Road society. Living alone since his wife and children left to live with his mother nearby, Gala claimed he got enraged when an elderly neighbour stood there on the balcony when he came out of his second-floor house. He then picked up a knife kept nearby, first stabbed her and then four others, killing three of his neighbours. 

Chetan lived on the second floor of Parvati Mansion, at Dr DB Marg in Grant Road. Two months ago, his wife Aruna, their three daughters and a son moved to his mother Nangal Gala’s place in the adjacent society. Police and neighbours said that they left him because of his bad temper. However, he blamed the neighbours for their separation and cursed them for taking their side.