Police rule out foul play in twin’s death inside washing machine

NEW DELHI: A day after the horrific incident in which two young twins fell inside a washing machine and died, while their mother was out to buy detergent, in Rohini’s Avantika Apartments.

The police have ruled out any foul play into the incident, and the family has refused to conduct a post mortem in the case.

The police have managed to ascertain as to how the twins fell inside the washing machine, the main area of contention, and have claimed that using the pile of clothes that their mother had left behind, one of the twins climbed to the top of the machine and peeped inside and fell into the machine, his brother followed him to his watery grave. As they both fell head first, they got trapped.

“Their mother was giving them a bath and had left to get detergent. One of them climbed at the top of the machine, while his brother followed and both fell and got trapped in the washing machine. They both choked and could not get out. They were completely trapped,” said MN Tiwari, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Rohini.

While the twins were inside the washing machine, their mother, Rakhi was buying detergent in a shop next to their house and returned after six minutes and could not find her sons in the bathroom.

She never realised that they had fallen inside the washing machine and kept searching for the boys inside the house after which she called her husband. He managed to find the two of them dead inside the semi automatic washing machine.

“We do not suspect any foul play. Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the case in accordance with the law,” Tiwari added.