Girl poisons food to kill family members in Prayagraj's Holagarh

PRAYAGRAJ: A minor girl has been accused of mixing weedicide (a chemical weedkiller) and offering poisonous food to her family members in Bhagautipur Khathana village under the limits of Holagarh police station last week. The food mixed with weedicide claimed the lives of three of her family members including the father, younger sister and elder brother last week. The police on Monday night detained the minor girl for quizzing.
The startling revelations came to the fore during police investigations into the Holagarh food poisoning incident where cops found that a 15-year-old girl had mixed weedicides into food to ‘punish’ her brother and mother who used to rebuke and scold her over household chores.
The mother of the accused girl had on Monday night lodged an FIR against her daughter under section 302 of the IPC with Holagarh police accusing her of killing her family members and six others for stealing household items when they were admitted to hospital.
Deputy SP (Soraon) Amita Singh told TOI, "Investigations into the food poisoning incident where three family members died between August 4 and 8 revealed stunning facts and it has now come to the fore that a minor girl of the house had plotted the killing of family members."
She had mixed pesticides into food on July 28 and as a result, five of the family members became seriously ill. The accused girl had not consumed the vegetable laced with weedicide and ate pickle and rice instead. The accused minor girl had forced her six-year-old sister to consume the vegetable laced with weedicide on the day, even though she was in no mood to consume the meal.
Soon after the consumption of the vegetable laced with weedicide, all the four members of the family including the father, mother, elder brother and younger sister became ill and were admitted to separate hospitals for treatment.
The police came to know about the incident only after the Pradhan of the village informed police about the suspected death of the father on August 4 and police launched investigations into the incident. Moreover, two more family members including the girl's brother Rachit (16) and sister Ankita (6) died on August 8 during the treatment.
Police, meanwhile, became suspicious over the girl’s attitude and started probing the case thoroughly. Police said that the minor girl had taken the extreme step to plot the killing of her family members after being irked over her mother and brother’s routine rebuking and thrashing episode.
After the death of three family members, only two members including the accused minor girl and her mother (Geeta) survived.
The mother in her complaint lodged with Holagarh police claimed that her daughter had mixed weedicides with food (vegetable). Police have lodged a case under section 228 of the IPC against six other persons for stealing household items when the family members were admitted to separate hospitals for treatment.
During interrogation, the minor girl admitted to having mixed weedicide with food (vegetable) as she wanted to 'punish' her brother and mother for scolding her. Two of the domestic goats also died after they too were served the vegetable laced with weedicide.