A nine-month-old boy is believed to have died of starvation leaving him and his 2.5-year-old cousin after his mother, his grandmother and two other adult members of the family allegedly ended his life three days ago Was. Police said the girl barely survived the trauma and is undergoing treatment.
The bodies were discovered at the family’s residence in Thigalrapalya on Friday night. “Given the heavily dismembered state, we suspect that he may have killed himself at least three to four days ago, but are awaiting the postmortem report,” police said.
The incident came to light when the children’s grandfather Shankar returned home on Friday evening and could not enter the house. They informed Byadarahalli police, which reached the family’s two-storey house and broke open the door.
They found four bodies, one in each room: Shankar’s wife Bharati (51) and their three children, Sinchana, (34), the mother of the girl who survived; The child’s mother Sindhurani (31) and Madhusagar (25) are all dead in different rooms. Police also found the body of a nine-month-old child – Sindhurani’s son – on the bed.
The police rescued Sinchana’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, who was very weak but conscious. “It is a miracle that she survived the ordeal. Adults may die in at least three days,” said Soumendu Mukherjee, Additional Commissioner (West), who visited the spot. The girl was taken to a nearby private hospital. where he is being treated, police said, adding that doctors have said that his condition is stable.
sealed windows
Police said that both the children may have cried, but no one in the neighborhood heard anything in the last few days. Police officials who visited the spot said, “One of the reasons could be that not only the door but all the windows of the house were also locked from inside.”
“The adults were found hanging in different rooms of the house, not together. It is rare for four people – the mother and her children – to fall into the same state of mind. It is either a suicidal pact, or one person has committed suicide, to which others react by ending their lives. It cannot be denied either. It is particularly shocking that they have left behind children, one of whom may have died of starvation,” said a senior police officer.
They said the elder daughter Sinchana was separated from her husband and was living with the family, while the younger daughter, mother of a nine-month-old baby who had died, had come for delivery.
Shankar runs a press and brings out a newspaper, Shaskara Worthy. He told the police that he left the house on Sunday afternoon after a quarrel with his son over Rs 10 lakh chit fund only to return home on Friday evening. A senior official said that he was not far ahead of where he was during these five days. Shankar reportedly told the police that for the past two-three days no one answered his calls, which he told them in a troubling manner.
Byadarahalli police have registered a case of unnatural death and are probing the matter.
(People in distress or suicidal tendencies can call on Arogya Sahayavani Phone: 104 for help)