Overview
- Investigators say a 27-year-old woman was found dead by hanging and her 10–11-month-old son was discovered dead from suspected poisoning at a home in Hastinapuram, Meerpet.
- Police preliminarily suspect the mother administered poison to the child before dying by suicide, with the exact sequence to be confirmed by forensic reports.
- The husband told police he forced open a locked bedroom and alerted authorities, while the woman’s mother later attempted suicide and is being treated in hospital.
- Meerpet police registered a case that includes Section 304B related to dowry death after a complaint from the woman’s family alleging harassment by her husband.
- Officers shifted the bodies for autopsy, began recording statements, and noted that relatives have questioned police handling, raised foul-play concerns, and cited the woman’s reported property holdings.