Woman, 2 kids found dead in Faridkot

POLICE SAY THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE POSTMORTEM REPORT TO KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH, WHICH WILL BRING CLARITY FOR FURTHER PROBE

FARIDKOT: A 28-year-old woman and her two children were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house in Sundar Nagar locality here on Tuesday. The victims have been identified as Pooja, her seven-year-old daughter Shanam, and fiveyear-old son Manik.

Pooja’s husband Dharminder Singh, who works as an electrician, said he left for work early morning on Tuesday and came back home at 9am only to find his wife and kids lying unconscious. With the help of neighbours, he rushed them to a private hospital where they were declared brought dead.

Dharminder alleged that his wife and kids could have been murdered as Pooja had shared with him that she was threatened by an unidentified man on Monday afternoon.

The police have initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC).

The bodies were handed over to the family after the post-mortem and further investigation will be done on the basis of the post-mortem report.

Station house officer inspector Iqbal Singh Sandhu said they were waiting for the post-mortem report to know the cause of death.

2 DIE DUE TO SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE

Two men died due to suspected drug overdose in the city in the last 24 hours. The victims were identified as Harjinder Singh, 35, and Sukhjit Singh alias Sunny, 25, both residents of Sanjay Nagar.

Harjinder , a street vendor, was found lying unconscious in a washroom near the office of Faridkot Improvement Trust on Monday late evening. He died during the treatment at the civil hospital. Sunny, too, died at civil hospital during treatment and on Tuesday morning when Harjinder’s family came to claim his body and they identified Sunny too. Harjinder’s family said he may have consumed poison under stress due to debt, while Sunny’s family said he was not well and his death was natural.

SHO inspector Iqbal Singh Sandhu said statements of the family members have been recorded and they didn’t cite drugs as the cause of deaths.