Hindustan Times, Ludhiana
An auto driver and his wife killed their two daughters after they suspected them of having boyfriends.(Representative Photo)
Sub-Inspector Davinder Sharma told HT that the girls – both students of Class 10 – returned home late on Monday night, confirming the parents’ suspicion of them having relationships without their approval.
“Her father offered them food laced with drugs. When they lost consciousness, their parents threw them in a canal,” Sharma said. “The parents tried to strangle Jyoti with a dupatta before throwing her into the canal.”
The girls were rescued from the Sidhwan canal near Barewal Bridge in Ludhiana a day later when passersby spotted the two girls floating in the water. They were rushed to the local civil hospital where Jyoti died, police said.
Police said Priti was initially evasive and furnished false names. She also told police that they were orphans and used to beg near a local temple and fell unconscious after eating some food offered by a stranger.
But this aroused the police’s suspicion. “The girls were not appearing to be beggars. When police counseled her, she narrated the incident,” said Sharma.
The family hails from Bihar and lives in a rented house in Ludhiana’s Barewal road, police said.
March 3, 2017 at 9:58 pm
This shows the hegemony of male domination and orthodox behaviour of the parents. They must be booked for crime and punished as per law.