Fire at private hospital in Dindigul claims seven lives, including 3-yr-old child
Seven people, including two women and a three-year-old child, were dead in a major fire at a private hospital in Dindigul town, 425 km south of Chennai.
In a shocking incident, a woman strangulated her 11-month old ailing infant to death after her husband refused to take him to hospital, and then accused him of the crime, police said.
The police said the parents accused each other of killing the infant. The murder was reported on Thursday from south Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri area and the accused woman was arrested on Sunday after confessing during the investigation.
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The police said Jyoti, 26, used a ‘dupatta’ (stole) to strangulate the infant to frame her husband Satveer with whom she did not share cordial relations and often ended up arguing.
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Jyoti disclosed that she had a quarrel with her husband on Thursday at around 3.30 p.m. She also stated that her 11-month-old son was suffering from fever and Satveer refused to take him to a doctor, police said.
Two separate PCR calls were received within an hour from the family of both Jyoti and Satveer. Jyoti’s family claimed that the baby was murdered by his own father at Dera village.
Subsequent PCR calls were also received wherein it was mentioned that the caller’s ‘Bhabhi’ (sister-in-law) murdered her son at Dera village.
A case was registered at the Fatehpur Beri police station and further investigation was taken up. A police team found that the child was taken to the Apex Hospital, Chattarpur by his father and other relatives.
Keeping in view of the gravity of the offence, a team comprising Sub-Inspectors Satyender Gulia, Rajesh Kumar, and Rishikesh along with Assistant Sub-Inspector Ashwani, Head Constable Naresh Kumar and Constables Lal Singh, Balvir, Jaiveer, and Praveen was constituted under the supervision of Inspector Kuldeep Singh.
“Detailed investigation was taken up using CCTV footage from the village, call records and statements of witnesses. This revealed that the mother had committed the crime,” said the police.
Jyoti, a resident of Ritoz village in Gurugram, was subsequently arrested. She was married to Satveer in 2011 when she was 16 years old.
… With IANS inputs
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