Delhi Police has arrested a 54-year-old woman who allegedly tried to take her own life after allegedly murdering her two daughters at their home in Malviya Nagar, officials said on Sunday.
The case relates to March 6, when the bodies of two sisters, aged 34 and 28, were discovered in separate rooms of their ground-floor house in F-Block, Malviya Nagar. Their mother was found unconscious in another room, police said.
Officials added that the mother was arrested on Friday after undergoing medical and psychiatric evaluations. She is suspected of ingesting a poisonous substance.
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The police initially suspected a murder-suicide attempt and registered a case of murder while waiting for the woman’s statement to be recorded to establish the sequence of events.
Investigators said the older daughter, who was mentally disabled, was found with a pillow over her face, while the younger, a law student, had a ligature around her neck, police said.
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The mother was suspected of ingesting a poisonous substance, they added.
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Police said the woman was allegedly in psychological distress due to a troubled relationship with her husband and financial dependence on others, which may have driven her to commit the crime.
Officials added that further investigations are ongoing.
Three children out of 5 found dead in Kochi house
In other reports, five people, including three children, were found dead in a rented house in Kochi’s Vaduthala on Saturday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as 58-year-old Sreekumari, her daughter Aswathi Nair (36), two grandsons aged 14 and 4 and a two-year-old granddaughter. They were originally from Vilappilsala in Thiruvananthapuram and lived in a rented house on Karsaka Road in Vaduthala.
Police suspect that the children were poisoned before Sreekumari and Aswathi committed suicide.
According to investigators, the family had been living in the house since February while the older son was being treated at a nearby private hospital and were preparing to move out.
Police said the incident was discovered when a cable TV operator who came to the house for work saw two women hanging from the window in the room and immediately alerted others.
The homeowner and the police soon arrived at the scene and began an investigation.
Police said Aswatha’s husband died about eight months ago after the couple separated. He reportedly suffered from liver disease associated with alcoholism.
Officials added that after his death, neighbors and other close family members allegedly blamed Aswathi and her mother.
The police officer said the family is financially stable, noting that they pay a monthly rent of Rs ₹35,000 and also owned a house and property in Thiruvananthapuram. Police also found a suicide note from the house.
The bodies were later shifted to Kalamassery Medical College where post-mortems are scheduled on Sunday.
Ernakulam North police have registered a case and started investigation.
