A 28-year-old woman and her two children were found dead inside their home in Amethi while bodies of teenage lovers were found hanging from a tree in a separate incident in Sant Kabir Nagar.
In Amethi’s Kukharampur village, three bodies were recovered on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Sheetal, her 4-year-old son Nitesh and 6-year-old daughter Nidhi, police said.
“The woman’s mother-in-law used to live with them in the village while her husband Dharamraj Saroj works in Lucknow,” the police said.
Her mother-in-law and neighbours found the bodies of the children with injury marks apparently inflicted with a sharp-edged object while the woman was found hanging from the ceiling.
SP Elamaran G said: “Prima facie, it appears that the woman killed her children and later hanged herself. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further investigation is underway,” he said.
Meanwhile, a teenage couple — an 18-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl — were found hanging from a tree at Rampur village in Sant Kabir Nagar late Monday evening.
Bereaved family members alleged that the couple were murdered and the bodies hanged to make it look like a case of suicide.
According to reports, the two were in a relationship. Their mobile phones were also recovered from the spot. Sant Kabir Nagar SP Sonam Kumar said that a probe was underway.
DSP (Khalilabad) Anshuman Mishra said on Tuesday that the deceased were identified as Anshu Gond (17) of Gorakhpur and Aanchal (14) of Rampur village. Police said no complaint had been lodged but families of both the deceased alleged murder.
Recently, two minor Dalit sisters were found hanging from a tree in Lakhimpur Kheri after being raped and murdered.
Meanwhile, in a bizarre case reported from Bijnor, a 19-year-old woman allegedly poisoned herself to death under mysterious circumstances 10 days after marriage. Her husband (22) also consumed some poisonous substance and was admitted to a private hospital in Jaspur. The incident happened in Bhogpur village where Neelam Kaur got married to Bindar Singh. Neelam and Bindar belong to the same village and had a love marriage.
Woman’s father Jarnail Singh alleged dowry harassment and said that his daughter was murdered for dowry.
Singh alleged, “Neighbours informed me about the incident. When we rushed to the scene, we found the body of my daughter lying on a cot.”
Bijnor SP Dinesh Singh said, “Police have registered a case against the deceased’s in-laws, including husband Bindar Singh, under sections 498a, 304b of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prevention Act.”
According to police sources, prima facie, the woman committed suicide over some dispute and her husband also consumed some poisonius substance later.
Meanwhile, fed up with harassment by their father, who was out on parole, two sisters allegedly consumed some poisonous substance in Banda. One of them succumbed at the hospital.
The incident took place in Parhri village under the Baberu police station area. ASP Laxmi Niwas Mishra said two sisters consumed some poisonous substance late on Sunday evening. They were rushed to Banda Medical College where Priyanka (21) died on Monday. Younger sister Sapna (19) was said to be undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Mother Rekha Devi lodged a complaint against her husband Malkhan Singh, brothers-in-law Suresh & Rajesh, following which a case of abetment to suicide was registered against them, Mishra said, adding that the girls’ father had been arrested.
As per reports, the three accused used to beat the sister duo. The accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in a connection with a double murder case 16 years ago, and had come out on parole six months ago.