Woman kills self, 10-month-old baby in Amreli

RAJKOT: A 27-year-old woman ended life along with her 10-month-old daughter in Timbla village of Amreli on Tuesday evening.
The deceased Ashmita Vala was allegedly a victim of domestic violence, said police and is survived by her elder daughter four-year-old Aradhya.
According to police, on Tuesday afternoon, Ashmita gave poisonous substance to her 10-month-old daughter and she herself drank the same substance.Both were taken to hospital in Bagasara town where Ashmita died while the toddler Hiteshwari was referred to Amreli where she succumbed late on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Ashmita’s brother Gautam Debhariya lodged a complaint of abetment to suicide against his sister’s husband and in-laws accusing them of domestic violence.
Based on Debhariya’s complaint Amreli taluka police booked Ashmita’s husband Bhagirath Vala, her mother-in-law Samjuben and brother-in-law Maylu Vala for abetment of suicide.
In his complaint, Debhariya had alleged that Ashmita’s husband and in-laws used to physically and mentally abuse her so she decided to kill herself and her younger daughter.