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Husband Booked After Bengaluru Mother, 28, Allegedly Kills Two Children and Herself

The FIR also records a murder case against the deceased mother.

Overview

  • Police say Vijayalakshmi, 28, allegedly killed her four-year-old daughter and one-year-old son at their Bagalagunte home before dying by suicide on Thursday evening.
  • The deaths were discovered around 9 p.m. by the husband's aunt, with investigators placing the incident at about 7:30 p.m. when the mother was alone with the children.
  • Officers report that no note was found at the scene and that a post-mortem suggested no foul play.
  • Based on a complaint from her family, police booked her husband, Ramesh, for harassment and abetment to suicide under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
  • The family's complaint alleges he had pressured her to seek a divorce to remarry, as the couple, migrants from Maski in Raichur district, lived in rented housing in Bhuvaneshwari Nagar.