New Delhi: A woman and her three minor children were found murdered with a sharp-edged weapon in outer Delhi's Samaypur Badli area on Wednesday, with police suspecting the role of her husband in the killing.

The incident was reported from Chandan Park locality, where the bodies of the woman and her three children were found inside their residence, they said.

According to preliminary information, the woman's husband allegedly slit the throats of his wife and the three children before fleeing the spot.

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A senior police officer said a crime team and forensic experts were rushed to the spot. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death.

"The matter is under investigation. Multiple teams have been formed to nab the accused," the officer said.

In a separate development, an FIR has been registered in connection with a late-night firing at a car carrying a lawyer associated with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi near the ISBT, Kashmere Gate, police said on Wednesday.

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The case has been registered at Kashmere Gate Police Station under sections 109(1) (attempt to murder), 3(5) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Arms Act on the complaint of Deepak Khatri, they said.

Khatri had earlier received threats of violence, a police source said.

On Tuesday, around 10.10 pm, a car came under a gun attack near the Marghat Wale Hanuman Temple. There were five people in the car at the time of the attack.

One of the occupants sustained a bullet injury to his shoulder and was admitted to a hospital. He is out of danger and stable, an officer said.