Eight-year-old Poorva, the youngest daughter of a contractor died during treatment, contractor consumed poisonous substance at Bhel Nagar on Wednesday along with his wife and four children, all were undergoing treatment in Hamidia hospital.
The condition of the surviving siblings is critical. The elder daughter regained consciousness in the hospital on Wednesday late evening. The girl revealed the suicide attempt by the family.
The elder daughter told her maternal uncle Dinesh Jatav that all of us were sleeping at night. Father came in the middle of the night. He woke everyone up. After that he provided milk and after having it all went unconscious later she gained consciousness at the hospital.
The contractor said in the statement that he is burdened with a huge debt. He has taken the loan on interest. However, he could not tell how much loan he had taken and from whom and did not accuse anyone of harassing him. Investigation has also revealed that there is no bank loan on the contractor but he has borrowed money from several people and used it for centering work.
The team of the Children's Commission also reached the hospital on Wednesday night. The commission team took information from the doctors about the health of the children.
Khajuri police station in-charge Sandhya Mishra said that on Wednesday morning information was received from Hamidia Hospital in the morning that Kishore Jatav (40), his wife Sita Jatav (35), three daughters Kanchan Jatav (15), Annu (10), Poorva (8) and a son Abhay (12) had consumed poison.