A 50-year old man committed suicide after murdering his wife and daughter in South-east Delhi's Okhla on Friday, police said. According to a senior police official, Mahesh Singh — a former sweet seller was facing hard times after his business had failed and to survive he had taken loan from his acquaintances.
“As his financial conditions deteriorated, he started looking for a job. But he failed in his endeavour and was depressed. Mahesh's wife Ranjana Singh was a housewife and they had a 4-year-old daughter,” said the official.
Police said on Friday early morning Mahesh brought a bottle of poison and went to his wife. “He woke her up and asked her to consume the poison. She protested and pushed Mahesh and asked him if he had lost his mind. Mahesh then allegedly forced open his wife's mouth and made her drink the poison,” said the official.
“After a while, Ranjana collapsed. Mahesh took a rope and went to the other room where his daughter was sleeping. He tied the rope around her neck and then strangled her,” said the police official, adding that after both wife and daughter were dead, Mahesh himself drank the poison.
Meanwhile, a relative came to their house at 10:15 am and knocked on their door but no one answered. It was then that others gathered and local residents called police, said the official. Police came to the house and broke the door open and found all the three unconcious, said local resdients. “They were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared them brought dead. Police found blood oozing form Ranjana’s head.
“We have sent the bodies for a post-mortem. A case has been registered under relevant sections of IPC and we are investigating further to find out the exact cause of death,” said the police official.