Mother attempts suicide, asks her daughter to follow

AFTER SLASHING HER WRISTS, WOMAN ASKS 10YEAROLD DAUGHTER TO KILL HERSELF; THE WOMAN SURVIVES BUT THE DAUGHTER DIES

GHAZIABAD: Facing financial crunch, a 35-year-old woman allegedly attempted suicide by slashing her wrists and allegedly asked her 10-year-old daughter to commit suicide at their 19th floor flat at Mahagun Puram highrise in Ghaziabad. The police said that the mother survived while the girl died as she hanged herself to the ceiling fan in an incident which is stated to have taken place on Sunday morning.

The police said that the family had altercation over the issue of finances as Saturday also happened to be the birthday of the minor girl. Injured woman, Vinita Rawat, was rushed to a multispeciality hospital and is under treatment. According to police, the woman had divorced her husband and was in a relationship with one Vikram Rawat.

“The woman told us that she worked at a private firm, but left her job a couple of months back. On the night of the girl’s birthday on Saturday, there was some altercation in the family as Vikram also arrived,” said subinspector Beenu Singh, who arrived for initial investigation from Kavi Nagar police station.

The woman also wrote a suicide note stating that no one should be held responsible for and the dead bodies should be cremated as ‘lawaris’.

According to police sources, the woman asked ₹10,000 from Vikram, who was unable to give the money. He left after an altercation on Saturday night. Thereafter, the mother and daughter tried to consume some poisonous substance but failed. They are also stated to have made arrangements to hang themselves but could not gather courage, police sources said.

On early Sunday morning, the woman went to the local market and purchased a packet of biscuit and blade. She called a friend of Vikram and asked him to inform Vikram about her intentions of committing suicide.

“The woman told us that she slashed her wrists and later asked her daughter to commit suicide. She asked her to jump from the 19th floor, but the girl was unable to. Upon seeing the bleeding mother, the girl got frightened. The mother told her that she will not survive and the daughter may also try committing suicide. Later, the girl hanged herself and died while the mother fainted but survived,” Singh added.