Death of Indian Techie, pregnant wife in US; daughter seen crying in balcony
The bodies of Balaji Bharat Rudrawar (32) and his wife Arati Balaji Rudrawar (30) were found at their 21 Garden Terrace apartment in the Riverview Gardens complex of North Arlington borough in New Jersey.
The Indian couple found dead at their home in the US after neighbours saw their 4-year-old daughter crying alone on the balcony of their house, family sources said on Friday. Some local U.S. newspapers quoted a press release from the county prosecutor’s office which said officers forced their way inside the apartment and found the couple dead. According to a US media report, the husband apparently stabbed and sliced his wife in the abdomen as she was trying to fight him off in their living room.
"The bodies were found on Wednesday after neighbours saw my granddaughter crying in the balcony and informed the local police who then entered the house," Balaji’s father told PTI
“My daughter-in-law was seven months pregnant and we had been to their house and were planning another trip to the U.S. to be with them again,” he said.
“I am not aware of any possible motive. They were a happy family and had lovely neighbours,” he said when asked if he suspected foul play.
“I was informed by the U.S. authorities that it will take at least 8 to 10 days for the bodies to reach India after necessary formalities,” he said.
“My granddaughter is now with a friend of my son. He had several friends in the local Indian community, which has a 60% population in New Jersey,” said Balaji's father, a businessman from the temple town, around 500 km from Mumbai.
An IT professional, Balaji Rudrawar belonged to Ambajogai in Maharashtra’s Beed district, got married in December 2014 and moved with his wife to the US in August 2015. While Balaji was working there for a prominent Indian infotech company, his wife was a homemaker, Mr Rudrawar said.
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