Woman, three daughters found hanging in Auraiya

KANPUR: Bodies of a 28-year-old Dalit woman, her three daughters including a 15-day old infant were found hanging from a ceiling inside their house in Sehud locality under Dibiyapur police area in Auraiya district on Thursday morning. The bodies were discovered by the woman’s husband after he returned home for lunch in the afternoon hours, said the police.
Inspector Dibiyapur Kotwali, Ram Sahai, said, “Going by the preliminary investigations, it seems that the woman, identified as Sadhna, committed suicide after killing three her daughters including her 15-day-old infant.Bodies have been sent for postmortem at the district hospital.”
The investigation, so far, has revealed that Sadhna’s husband Kuldeep Kumar, who works as a painter, had an argument with his wife on Thursday morning.
Later, Kuldeep left for work in Dibiyapur area, police said. “It appears that Sadhna, upset with the fight, apparently locked herself in one of the rooms and hanged self after killing her three daughters. In the afternoon, when Kuldeep returned for lunch, he found the door of his house locked from inside. After repeated knocks he peeped through the window and saw the bodies hanging from the ceiling,” said a police officer. He then alerted his neighbours, and with their help, broke open the door. The police was informed.
Police said Kuldeep and Sadhna had married nine years ago. “Locals said that Kuldeep was not happy after their third daughter’s birth and used to quarrel with Sadhna, said police.
Police said that they are probing the case from all possible angles. Kuldeep, who has been detained for questioning, said that they used to have petty fights but denied the villahgers’ allegations of being upset over his third daughter’s birth. He said, he would not have left for work if he had slightest hint of his wife’s extreme step.