Five of Patan family attempt suicide, minor girl succumbs

Palanpur: A mass suicide bid by a family of five in Patan district on Monday has resulted in death of a 12-year-old girl who succumbed in a hospital in Ahmedabad on Wednesday night.
Revabhai Parmar (45), along with his four children — daughters Nisha (17), Bhumi (13) and Bhanu (12) and son Punabhai (16) — had consumed poison outside the women’s police station in Patan on Monday.They were shifted to Dharpur civil hospital for treatment on the same day. On Wednesday, all five were shifted to Ahmedabad civil hospital where Anu died late in the night.
Police said that while Bhanu’s body was sent for postmortem, the condition of four others was said to be critical.
According to police, Revabhai, a resident of Khakhal village in Harij taluka of Patan had attempted suicide with his four children as he was upset over his wife Asha (40) leaving them about a year ago.
He had lodged a police complaint accusing one Kamlesh Gosai from Kutch of adducting his wife and seven-year-old daughter. As the police could not trace Revabhai’s wife for over a year, he went into depression and took the extreme step of consuming poison with his four children on Monday.
Soon after the suicide bid, Revabhai and his children were taken to Dharpur civil hospital where they received treatment for two days before being shifted to Ahmedabad in critical condition.
“Bhanu died at Ahmedabad civil hospital on Wednesday night. Her postmortem was performed on Thursday morning. Her funeral will be held at her native place in Khakhal,” said Patan B-Division police inspector Shaktisinh Gohil.