States »WesPosted at: Aug 11 2021 3:56AM Mother kill son and commit suicide
Nashik, Aug 10 (UNI) A 32 year-old woman killed her three and half year boy later she committed suicide by hanging herself in a house in Pathardi Phata area of the city today.
According to police, the deceased were identified as Shikha Sagar Pathak (age 32) and Ridhan (age three and a half years, resident behind Sai Siddhi Apartment Hotel Express Inn) On Monday evening Shikha took her son to the room and locked the bedroom door inside. First she killed her son then she committed suicide by strangulation.
Today morning Shikha did not come out of the bedroom. Shikha Pathak’s father –in-law called the boy but they did not get a response from inside. Upon receiving the information, Deputy Commissioner of Police Vijay Kharat, Assistant Commissioner Sohail Sheikh, Indiranagar Police Station Senior Inspector of Police Nilesh Mainkar along with officers and staff rushed to the spot.
When the bedroom door was opened, police found Ridhan, a three-and-a-half-year-old boy, dead in the bedroom. Police have speculated that the boy may have committed suicide by pressing a pillow to his face at first sight and then committed suicide. Police, meanwhile, found a suicide note near the body.
So far, the woman's family members have not lodged any complaint with the police. Police sent both bodies to a government hospital for autopsy. Further investigations are being conducted by the police under the guidance of Vaponi Nilesh Mainkar.
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