In a shocking incident, a man killed both his daughters and later committed suicide allegedly due to poverty in Gorakhpur.
The bodies of the three were found hanging from a ceiling in their home on Tuesday morning. Surprisingly, the bodies of both the girls were hanging with the same dupatta.
On getting information, the superintendent of police (city) and forensic team reached the spot and after preliminary investigation, sent the bodies for autopsy.
According to information, Om Prakash Srivastava, a native of Dhobi Gali in Ghosipurwa area of Geeta Vatika under Shahpur police station in Gorakhpur, had two sons and both live in separate houses in the same locality. After his wife's death, Om Prakash lived with his elder son Jitendra Srivastava (45) in Dhobi Gali with his two granddaughters. On Tuesday morning, when Om Prakash returned from guard duty, he saw the bodies of his son Jitendra Srivastava and his two granddaughters Manya (16) and Manvi (15) hanging from the ceiling in separate rooms. He raised an alarm following which the neighbours also came and called the police.
So far, the police have not found any suicide note from the room. The family members suspect murder. The deceased, Jitendra Srivastava, used to do sewing work at home. While coming to Gorakhpur from the village by train, one of his legs was amputated at Mairwa station in 1999. His wife Simmi died of cancer two years ago.
In Auraiya, a man committed suicide after being harassed by his wife and in-laws. He left a suicide note in which he mentioned the reason for his extreme step.
“Papa, forgive me, I am not wrong... I want to come back to you, but don't get me married...” These heart-wrenching words were written by the victim in his suicide note claiming that he was harassed by his wife and in-laws. Tired of it, he committed suicide by hanging himself. Before committing suicide, the youth sent several messages to his father one after the other and narrated his pain. The victim was living with his wife and a 4-year-old daughter in Dibiyapur locality of Auraiya. The deceased Amit was married six years ago to Rachna, who lived in Auraiya Sadar. There used to be frequent fights between the husband and wife. Amit's parents had also started living at their daughter's house a few days back after facing humiliation at the hands of their daughter-in-law. Amit’s wife had also lodged several fake reports against him and his family claiming harassment.
In his suicide note, Amit also mentioned how his wife and mother-in-law had kicked him out of the house and had threatened to kill him on Tuesday morning if he did not leave the house. Amit earlier also made suicide attempt but the parents saved his life. Local police sent the body for post-mortem and were making investigations.
Meanwhile, an operator of a private bus was found hanging inside his bus under mysterious circumstances in Pratapgarh.
Umashankar Yadav (30), a native of Paranipur market in Udaipur, was the operator of a private bus. The driver of the bus, Samir, came on Monday morning to go on some tour when he saw the body of Umashankar hanging from the rod inside the bus. The rod was at a low height and the feet of the victim were touching the platform which create suspicion whether it was a suicide or planned murder. The police sent the body for autopsy and were waiting for the report before conducting the investigation.