BAREILLY: A 26-year-old woman and her two-year-old son were found hanging in their house at Baidori village under Tikunia police station in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Thursday night. The woman had been alone at home while her husband had gone with relatives to attend a wedding.
Police are awaiting their autopsy report before concluding whether the woman had killed the child before killing herself or both were murdered.
Om Prakash Rajak, SHO Tikunia, said Pratima Devi was married to Mahesh Kumar nearly six years ago. The couple have two sons, aged four and two years. Mahesh works in a factory in Dehradun and Pratima wanted to stay with him along with the children. Mahesh had come home on Tuesday and the couple had quarreled over the issue. Her husband found the bodies and informed police.
Rajak said, “Prima facie it appears that the woman had killed her son and hanged herself after a quarrel with her husband as the room was locked from inside. The autopsy report will clarify the reason of death. We have recorded the statement of the family and the neighbours and have not found anything suspicious so far.”