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Woman kills children, hangs self

In a bizarre incident on Friday, a woman allegedly committed suicide after killing her two children in the Mehrauli area of south district. The woman was apparently depressed because of a family situation.

The deceased, identified as Vineeta Katara (27), killed her three-year-old daughter Harshita, and one -and-a-half-years-old son Arpit.

All three of them were found dead on Friday evening at their residence, Delux Apartment located in Chhatarpur of Mehrauli.

Vineeta and her husband, Deepak had rented the apartment. Vineeta was pursuing a nursing course from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

'Vineeta's and her daughter's body were found hanging from a ceiling fan while Arpit's body was lying on floor of the house,' said police. No suicide note has been found.

Police has launched an investigation to ascertain the reason for this extreme step, added official.

Vineeta, who hailed from Rajasthan, had earlier in the afternoon, visited the Mehrauli police station to lodge a complaint against her in-laws alleging they were harassing her for dowry.

'She came in the afternoon around 2 pm,' confirmed a police officer.

Vineeta had also called her brother in Kota, Rajasthan, and told him about the complaint, which she had given to the police. But after 3 pm, when her brother tried to call her back, she could not be reached via telephone.

Suspicious, the brother had asked the police to check on his sister.

When the police reached the spot, they found the bodies of Vineeta and her children. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. Prima facie evidence suggests that the woman committed suicide after strangling her son and hanging her daughter.

Deepak and Vineeta got married six years ago. Police is investigating further.

Vineeta had complained against her husband, his brother-in-law and other family members.
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