The Virar police booked and arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his mother in law to death and attacking his wife and son on Saturday.  The accused has been identified as Rakesh Kandrekar 44, a resident of Brahma Apartment situated in Manvelpada in Virar East.

According to the police, Kandrekar attacked his wife Shraddha 43, son Om 14, and mother-in-law Malini Salve 63 with a sharp knife on Saturday morning at his residence. An officer from Virar police station said that Malini died on the spot from the attack while Kandrekar’s wife and son were rushed to the nearby civil hospital where their condition is said to be critical.