Suffering from tuberculosis besides facing financial crunch, forced a married couple to commit suicide along with their daughter, by jumping before a speeding train near Armara Jat village at Ferojababd district on early Tuesday morning. Reports said that Vivek Yadav (30), a resident of Armara Jat hamlet of Makhanpur in Ferojabad, was suffering from prolong TB ailment. He also turned very weak due to his poor health and unable to do any work which also led to financial problem. Both above problems reportedly led to regular conflict between Vivek and his wife Nirma Yadav (25), who find it very difficult to run the house. On Monday night also, both Vivek and Nirma had heated exchange of words after the lady asked her husband to give money so she could purchase food-grains.
Reports said that both did not slept entire Mondaynight and finally on Tuesday morning, they took their 8-year-old daughter Dolly, with them and jumped before a speeding train and committed suicide. Their bodies were recovered by the police on the railway track after some local residents passed on the information. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further investigations are on in the matter. In another almost similar incident reported from Kaushambi, a middle-aged-woman allegedly committed suicide by immolating herself after setting her six-month-old daughter on fire in Saini area on Tuesday. Reports said that Sangita Devi (32), a resident of Sarai Khurd locality was going under acute depression due to dispute within the family. She took extreme step to get rid of her depression, when on Tuesday morning, she immolated herself and her infant after setting themselves on fire. Some local residents who rushed to their rescue claimed that they failed to respond in time and both Sangita and her daughter died on the spot. A case has been registered in this regard and bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile 7 persons were also killed in two separate mishaps reported from Etah and Muzaffarnagar respectively. In the first case reported from Etah, four persons were killed when the vehicle they were traveling-in was hit by a truck in Rijore area on Tuesday morning. Those who died in the mishap were identified as Prempal Singh Chauhan (50), Niharika (38), Pushpa (60) and car driver Vishnu (22). A case was registered and bodies were sent for autopsy test. In another mishap reported from Muzaffarnagar, three persons, including two minors, were killed and four others injured when the car in which they were traveling-in collided with a speeding truck near Chhapar area in the wee hours of Tuesday. The incident took place when the victims were returning from Shukratal after taking an auspicious festive bath on the occasion of Buddha Poornima on Monday. The deceased were identified as Gyandas (60), Ashika (1) and Yash (9). The injured were rushed to hospital in serious condition. The truck driver fled with his truck after the incident. A case has been registered and efforts were made to nab the driver.