Delhi: Two women were found dead and their mother unconscious inside their residence in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar on Thursday evening, in what police suspect was a case of a mother killing her daughters before attempting to take her own life.
Police received a call at around 6.10 pm after relatives, unable to get anyone to open the door despite repeated knocking, raised an alarm. A team rushed to the spot and found the door locked from the inside. After forced entry, officers made a chilling discovery, the bodies of two sisters, aged 33 and 28, lying in separate rooms.
“One woman was found lying with a pillow on her face, while the other had a ligature around her neck,” a senior police officer said.
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The mother was found unconscious in another room. She was immediately shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre, where she is currently undergoing treatment.
Crime and forensics teams have examined the scene. Preliminary inquiry indicates that the woman may have first killed her daughters and later attempted to take her own life, police said, adding that the exact sequence of events will be confirmed after further investigation.
In a similar case last week, a 35-year-old woman and her 6-year0old daughter were found dead inside their residence in south east Delhi’s Sarita Vihar.
Police rushed to the spot and found the bodies locked inside the box storage of a bed in the house. Both were rushed to AIIMS hospital where doctors declared them dead, as per officials.
The deceased were identified as Jyoti (35), and her six-year-old daughter. While initial medical examination did not reveal external injuries, a post-mortem conducted on Saturday indicated strangulation and smothering as the cause of death. The final post-mortem report is awaited, police said.
(With Inputs from PTI)
