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Fatehabad anganwadi worker kills children, dies by suicide; husband arrested
Fatehabad anganwadi worker kills children, dies by suicide; husband arrested
An anganwadi worker and her two children were found dead in a water tank at their home in Fatehabad, Haryana, India Today reports. Police suspect Sudesh mixed poison in milk, gave it…
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An anganwadi worker and her two children were found dead in a water tank at their home in Fatehabad, Haryana, India Today reports. Police suspect Sudesh mixed poison in milk, gave it to her children, then drowned them in the tank before consuming poison herself and jumping in. A video she allegedly recorded before death has surfaced accusing her husband of harassment.
Her brother Praveen told police Sudesh was under mental distress due to her husband Sandeep Machra's alleged drug addiction and harassment. Police arrested Sandeep under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Sandeep was not home at the time; he had gone to distribute water at the railway station. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, and the video is being analysed.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative around this tragedy is already hardening into 'harassed wife driven to kill' or 'unstable mother.' Both sides ignore the absence of institutional safeguards: why did no one act on her video? Did the anganwadi system or family welfare fail her? The forensic report and investigation will settle whether the husband's conduct directly caused this.
Source: indiatoday.in
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