Pregnant woman kills her minor son, jumps to death

Surat: A 32-year-old pregnant woman ended life by jumping from the terrace on sixth floor of her residential apartment in Kadodara in Surat district early on Wednesday morning. Body of her two-year-old son was also found from the rented room in which she lived along with her husband.
The boy had died of suffocation and is suspected to have been smothered to death by the woman.
Body of Binita Pande was found on the road near Shree Nivas Greencity Sai Unique building in which she lived along with her husband Mahesh and their two sons. The couple’s three-year-old elder son was, however, found safe inside the house.
Body of deceased boy, Krishna, was sent for post mortem, the results of which confirmed death from suffocation.
“Who killed the child is yet not clear and police will question the family once they are free from last rights,” said K J Dhaduk, police inspector, Kadodara GIDC police station.
Investigation so far revealed that Pande jumped at around 4.15 am and before taking the extreme step she had called her relatives in the city. “She informed them over phone that she had killed her son and is going to end her life too. She then jumped from the terrace,” said police.
Mahesh, a native of Uttar Pradesh, is a industrial labourer and was not present at home at that time. Police contacted the parents of the deceased woman in Mumbai who reached the city immediately. “Her parents are yet to be questioned in detail but they have not levelled any allegations till now,” said police, who also didn’t get any crucial details about the couple from the neighbours.