Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Woman kills daughter after spat with hubby in Rohtak

Had warned husband of dire consequenc­es for arguing with her

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

ROHTAK: A 38-year-old woman allegedly bludgeoned her 12year-old daughter to death after a telephonic altercatio­n with her husband, the police said. The incident occurred around 12.15 am on Sunday, following which the woman herself called the police to surrender. She has been arrested and sent to judicial custody by a local court. Police said the body of the victim was sent for postmortem at PGIMS and handed back to the family for cremation

REPORTEDLY, SUMAN VENTED HER ANGER ON THE DAUGHTER FOLLOWING WHICH, SHE TOLD SUMAN THAT SHE WANTED TO GO TO HER FATHER

ROHTAK : A 38-year-old woman allegedly bludgeoned her 12-year-old daughter to death after a telephonic altercatio­n with her husband, the police said. The incident occurred around 12.15 am on Sunday, following which the woman herself called the police to surrender.

She has been arrested and sent to judicial custody by a local court.

The police said the accused, Suman Lata, lived with her daughter Nancy at New Chinyot Colony in Rohtak. Lata’s husband Suresh Kumar works as a priest at a temple in Bhiwani and lives there, while the couple’s 14-year-old son lives with one of their relatives in Rohtak’s Mokhra village.

In his complaint to the police, deceased’s father Kumar said he and his wife fought with each other over phone on Saturday, during which, she warned him to be prepared to face the consequenc­es of fighting with her.

Reportedly, after hanging up the phone, Suman vented her anger on the daughter and scolded her following which, Nancy told her that she wanted to go to her father.

“Around 12:15 am, she called me to inform that she has murdered our daughter using the wooden stick used to wash clothes. I immediatel­y informed my relatives and rushed back home to find my daughter lying on the double bed in a pool of blood,” Kumar said.

He said his wife killed his daughter to get back at him after their fight.

Devender Kumar, the station house officer (SHO) of PGIMS police station said the accused had called the police control room to confess to the murder. He said a team of police reached the spot and arrested the woman after registerin­g a case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

He said the body of the victim was sent for postmortem at PGIMS and handed back to the family for cremation.

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