Kolar:

A 38-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide after killing her two children in the KGF taluk of the district on Wednesday, police said.

The woman has been identified as Thipamma, a homemaker, they said.

According to police, the woman and her husband have been married for 20 years and shared a strained relationship.

A marital dispute between the couple is suspected to have triggered the woman to take such a drastic step.

Citing preliminary investigations, a senior police officer said the woman allegedly killed her children-a seven-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son-by hanging them. After killing them, she also hung herself from a ceiling fan.

The bodies were discovered by her husband, who then informed the police, he said.

A case has been registered in this regard, police said, adding that the woman’s husband was questioned as part of the investigation.

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Nawabshah:

In a disturbing incident in Nawabshah, a mother killed her two children by slitting their throats. The tragic event occurred in the jurisdiction of Airport Police Station, ARY News reported on Thursday.

The mother, identified as Komal Sheikh, was taken into custody. During initial interrogation, the mother confessed to the crime, admitting that she had killed her children with a knife in separate rooms, as per ARY News.

Police and rescue teams arrived at the scene after receiving information about the incident. The bodies of the children were shifted to the hospital for post-mortem examination, ARY News reported.

The police recovered the murder weapon and are conducting further investigations into the matter.

A similar incident took place in August, when a mother in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killed herself after murdering her two minor children. The incident took place in Mona Khel area, where a woman, named Moona, shot her two children and later committed suicide over a domestic dispute, ARY Newsreported.

The deceased children were identified as Zain, 2-year-old and Rabia, 4, the police said.

Earlier on November 15, in a disturbing incident, a seven-month pregnant woman was murdered by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law in Kotli Marlan village in Daska of Pakistan’s Punjab, ARY News reported.

A police official told ARY News that the mother-in-law, Sughra Bibi along with her daughter Yasmeen killed Zehra (26) and dismembered the body, packed it into bags, and dumped it into a canal.

ARY News reported that the victim’s mother-in-law cut her limbs off and severed the woman’s head to avoid identification and spread rumours that Zehra had run away with someone.

Zehra, who hailed from Gurjanwala’s village Kot Mand was married to Qadeer of Kotli Marlan in 2020. The police have not yet been able to contact Qadeer, who works abroad. The Daska police have registered a case of murder and other charges, as per ARY News.

ARY News reported that Sughra Bibi, Yasmeen, and grandson Abdullah were arrested and are in Daska police custody.

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