Police begin probe into woman’s alleged suicide with three kids
PRAYAGRAJ: Bodies of a 35-yearold-woman and her three children found in stone quarry filled with rainwater in Lalapur area were handed over to their kin after a post-mortem examination on Monday.
The examination suggested that their deaths were caused due to drowning.
SSP Sarvshrestha Tripathi also visited the village and questioned locals. The husband and in-laws of the woman had been taken into custody and were being questioned, police said.
The bodies of the woman and her two daughters aged 13 and 11 along with her 8-year-old son were found on Sunday morning.
Investigations revealed that woman’s husband worked in a private company in Naini area. She left home after a tiff with her in-laws on Saturday night.
Locals spotted the bodies in the quarry the next morning. Although police believe that the woman committed suicide with her children in a fit of rage, her father lodged an FIR of murder against woman’s husband and five of his kin, including his mother and sister, at Lalapur police station. He alleged that his daughter and her children were murdered by her husband and in-laws. SHO Lalapur Manish Kumar Tripathi said that the husband and in-laws of the woman were being questioned further.
Man held for sexually assaulting five-year-old niece
A 35-year-old man of Daraganj area allegedly sexually assaulted the five-year-old daughter of his younger brother for several months. The incident came to light when the child complained of pain and her condition deteriorated. On the complaint of girl’s mother, an FIR has been lodged and the accused has been arrested, police said.
SHO of Daraganj police station JP Shahi said that the accused, a resident of a lane near Beni Madhav temple, was unmarried and performed puja at homes. The man’s five-yearold niece was close to him and used to sleep with her uncle. Around a week back, the girl experienced pain but her mother ignored it as a common ailment.
The girl was taken to a doctor on Saturday who informed that the child had been sexually assaulted. The doctor and other kin spoke to the girl following which she said that her uncle had been doing something ‘bad’ to her. The girl’s mother then approached Daraganj police where the child narrated her ordeal following which an FIR was lodged against the man under POCSO, the SHO added.
SHO said that the accused was arrested and sent to jail on Sunday evening while the child is undergoing treatment.