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Rajasthan: 8 dead in 2 suspected family suicide cases in Sikar, Jaipur
A woman and her four children allegedly died by suicide in Sikar while a retired bank employee, his wife and their son were found dead in Jaipur
A woman and her four children allegedly died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Sikar district, while in a separate incident in Jaipur, a retired bank employee, his wife, and their son were also found dead in an apparent suicide on Saturday.
The first incident occurred at Anirudh Residency on Palwas Road, under the jurisdiction of the Sadar Sikar police station in Sikar. Sadar police station in-charge Indraj Marodia said the cause of the suspected suicide is being investigated. A forensic science team was called to the scene to collect evidence.
According to police, the 34-year-old woman had divorced her first husband in 2019 and married another man in 2020. However, following a dispute with her second husband, she had been living separately with her four children—two daughters, aged 18 and 13, and two sons, aged 5 and 3. The older daughter and son were from her first marriage, while the younger two children were from her second marriage.
Their neighbours informed the police after a bad smell emanated from the flat.The bodies were in a decomposed state, and police believe the flat had been locked for about a week. They said that suspected packets of poison were found at the scene.
The bodies have been sent to the district hospital mortuary and will be handed over to the family after post-mortem examinations, police said.
The second incident took place in Jaipur, under the Karni Vihar police station area, where a 63-year-old retired bank employee, his 58-year-old wife, and their 32-year-old son, who is a bank official, were found dead in their flat. Their landlord alerted the police after the family failed to respond or open the door by late afternoon.
Karni Vihar police station in-charge Hawa Singh said that police reached the spot and broke open the door. The victims were taken to the government Kanwatia hospital where doctors declared them dead.
Police said they had recovered a suicide note from the spot and an investigation is underway.
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