Gurugram, April 7 A woman is alleged to have strangled her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter to death before attempting suicide by cutting her throat in the Surya Vihar area, police said on Tuesday.
The woman is currently receiving treatment at a hospital. Police have registered an FIR and sent the girl's body for an autopsy, they added.
According to police, it is suspected that the woman had a fight with her husband. When the dispute escalated, she committed this act, they added.
Police said Aadhar Sharma, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor, married Neha, 30, four years ago. He works for a private company in Gurugram and currently lives in a rented house in Surya Vihar.
He left for work on Monday morning, and when he returned at around 6 pm, he found the room door locked from the inside. He called the landlord, and when it was broken open, his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Anika and his wife were found unconscious.
The girl's body showed signs of bruising, while Neha's neck had a cut from a sharp object. They immediately informed the police and rushed both to a private hospital, where the girl was declared dead, while Neha remains in critical condition and is receiving treatment, police said.
During questioning, the man expressed his suspicion that his wife had killed the child and then attempted suicide by cutting her own throat. However, he did not explain why his wife did this, police said.
"The girl's body has been sent for an autopsy. The woman is awaiting recovery. An investigation is underway, and the accused woman will be arrested and questioned after she is discharged," the spokesperson of Gurugram police said.