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Suspected Family Suicides Reported in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh as Police Probe Poisoning

Police say investigations are underway, with post-mortems and forensic tests pending to confirm suspected poisonings.

Overview

  • In Sikar, a mother identified as Kiran, also known as Pinky Chaudhary, and her four children were found dead in a flat after neighbors reported a foul smell and a locked door.
  • Sikar police said the bodies were highly decomposed and reported recovering ten poison packets at the scene, eight of them allegedly used, with an FSL team called to collect samples.
  • In Jaipur, a retired bank employee, his wife, and their son were discovered dead in a rented house after the landlord raised the alarm, with police citing preliminary indications of poison consumption and possible financial distress.
  • In Aligarh’s Ramghat, police reported that Puran Singh died on the spot and his wife Chameli Devi died en route to hospital after the couple allegedly consumed poison near the Ganga on Karva Chauth, with post-mortems ordered in Bulandshahr.
  • In Firozabad, police said a husband died after jumping before a train following a quarrel post Karva Chauth and his wife later consumed a poisonous substance, with both bodies sent for autopsy.