Lucknow: A 32-year-old woman allegedly administered edibles laced with a poisonous substance to her two minor children before hanging herself at Harichandra Khera village in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district on Sunday morning.
While the woman died on the spot, her eight-year-old son succumbed during treatment at a hospital. The condition of the woman’s 10-year-old daughter, who is under treatment at a hospital, is stable, police said.
“Prima facie, the incident is the result of a minor domestic dispute. As the woman was scolding her two children, her mother-in-law intervened and asked the woman to mend her ways. This ensued a heated exchange between the woman and her mother-in-law. Following this, the woman first gave the kids edibles laced with a poisonous substance and later hanged herself in the kitchen,” additional SP (Fatehpur) VS Mishra said.
The deceased were identified as Gomti Devi (also known as Sarla) and her son Adarsh Pal. The woman’s husband, Vinod Kumar Pal, was working in the field when the deaths took place.
On receiving information, a team of senior police officials and forensic experts rushed to the spot and conducted investigations. The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.
