Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, August 10
A one-year-old boy on Tuesday died after his mother allegedly poisoned him. After this, she poisoned her three-year-old daughter, and then took the toxic substance herself at Mandi Kalan Village at Bathinda district.
The three-year-old girl is struggling for her life.
Even the condition of the mother is “serious, and she along with her daughter are undergoing treatment at a private hospital here”.
Ballianwali police have registered a case of murder against the mother.
The one-year-old deceased boy has been identified as Gurpreet Singh. “An investigation is underway. The reason behind this remains unknown,” the police said.
Jagtar Singh—a resident of Mandi Kalan Village—told the police that he was married to Manpreet Kaur four years ago. Now, he has two children. When he returned from work two days ago, his wife was beating his daughter. She was also “threatening to kill the children by
giving them poison”.
On Sunday, his wife went through with it. She poisoned both the children and “swallowed the poison herself”.
As soon as he came to know, he reached home and rushed all three to the Civil Hospital, Rampura, where the doctors referred them to Bathinda. His one-year-old son Gurpreet Singh died on the way, while three-year-old daughter Husanpreet Kaur and his wife Manpreet Kaur are under treatment at the hospital.
Meanwhile, Investigating Officer ASI Kuldeep Singh said that based on the statement of Jagtar Singh, a case of murder has been registered against Manpreet Kaur and the next action has been started.
The woman will be arrested on release from the hospital. A case under sections 302, 207 and 309 of IPC has been registered against the accused mother Manpreet Kaur at Ballianwali police station.
Bathinda woman consumes poison with her son, daughter; case filed
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