Uttarakhand: Mentally-ill woman kills father

DEHRADUN: A mentally-ill woman, who has a four-year-old daughter, allegedly strangulated her 61-year-old father to death in Haldwani on Friday night.
Sushil Kumar, police station officer of Banbhoopura, told TOI on Saturday that the woman, married in Delhi, was recently taken to her father’s house. She has been admitted to a hospital now. The police are yet to file an FIR.
“We received calls from tenants of deceased Soor Singh Negi that he was attacked by his daughter.We reached the house at 10 30 pm and Negi was already taken to a hospital where he was declared dead,” said Kumar, adding that Negi’s elder son who is currently posted in the army in Pune was informed. He is now on his way to Haldwani. The woman’s husband is also said to be on his way from Delhi.
“Negi was a retired army man. His daughter was married in Delhi and was brought to Negi’s house because of her mental illness. The tenants of the deceased told us that his daughter used to get violent at times,” Kumar said.
Sources said the woman, who was struggling with her mental condition for several months, has been staying on the third floor at a Delhi house and her father was in constant fear that she may jump from her floor or the terrace. So, he reportedly brought her to his place.
Police were told that Negi had locked the doors of the house on Friday evening as she was trying to go out. So, no one could enter the house and rescue Negi.
“We have handed over the woman’s four-year-old daughter to the tenants,” said the police.