In two separate cases of suicides, a woman killed her daughter and later she also committed suicide in Bareilly while two teenagers ended their lives after jumping before a train in Meerut reportedly after failing to enter into wedding-lock.
According to reports from Bareilly, a woman allegedly hanged her five-year-old daughter to death before committing suicide over some family dispute in Fatehganj Purvi area on Friday. She also tried to kill her son but he was luckily rescued by villagers in time. Sunita (28) had reportedly hanged her daughter Ruchi (6)and son Rohtas (4), from a tree and then hanged herself in Uchasiya village. While Sunita and Ruchi died, Rohtas was saved by the locals. However, the bodies were cremated without informing the police. Deputy Inspector General of Bareilly range, RKS Rathore said that though a case was not registered in this connection but still they would probe the matter as the villagers had cremated the bodies without information.
In another case reported from Meerut, a youth and girl allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at Chabni area on Friday. The victims committed suicide on Friday evening by jumping in front of the train at Faazalpur railway crossing under Sadar Bazar police station area of Meerut. The Saharanpur-passenger train, coming from Delhi was headed to Muzaffarnagar.
One of the victims has been identified as Indrajeet Singh (22) while the identity of the other victim is yet to be ascertained. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and the matter is being investigated. local police claimed that it seems that both wanted to get married and after the family members opposed they decided to end their lives.
Meanwhile in a separate case reported from Kaushambi, two teenagers drowned after they fell into Yamuna river near Kanailey village on Friday. Reports said that about half a dozen youths were taking part in a ritual when Abhishek (14) and Shivam (13) slipped and fell into the river and drowned on Friday. The bodies have been fished out and sent for postmortem. A case was also registered in this regard.