Woman kills 10-month-old daughter, hangs herself in Shaktinagar

MANGALURU: A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself, after killing her 10-month-old daughter by giving her sleeping pills. Luckily, her 14-year-old son and 60-year-old mother survived, even though they had been drugged. The incident took place near Rajarajeshwari Temple in Shaktinagar on Saturday.
The woman is Pramila, 38. She left behind a suicide note which stated that she took the extreme step due to mental illness.
According to the police, the victim’s husband, who runs a garage in Kottara, had gone to work on Saturday morning as usual. Around 11am, Pramila gave everyone in the house tea laced with sleeping pills. As a result, they all fell into a deep sleep, during which she hanged herself. Shashikala, the victim’s mother, woke up around 5pm and found that Pramila had ended her life, and that the infant was dead. Shashikala immediately alerted her neighbour, who took her and the victim’s son to a private hospital. A case has been registered in this regard.