Lakhtar, October 13: In a bizarre suicide pact, a married woman and her two paramours killed themselves by consuming pesticides together on Monday morning. The incident was reported from a village in Lakhtar taluka of Surendrangar district.
Officials of Lakhtar taluka police station said villagers spotted three bodies lying in a farm behind the Narmada pumping station on the outskirts of Jammar village near Lakhtar. Jassi Koli, 36 her husband’s younger brother Bharat Koli, 26 and her brother-in-law’s friend Ishwar Bhikha Koli, 23. The trio had consumed pesticides used for cotton crops.
“Raghu, Jassi’s husband, in his statement said he knew about his wife’s relationship with his brother and he had feared his family was being ostracised because of this relationship. He had, thus, rebuked Jassi and asked her to put an end to it or leave home,” police sub-inspector HB Dave said. Police suspect this was the probable reason which caused the trio to kill themselves.
Jassi, who had been married for 20 years, apart from her husband, is survived by five children, the eldest being a 16-year-old daughter. “We have sent the bodies for postmortem to Lakhtar. The bodies were found on Monday morning, but we suspect they consumed the poison on Sunday night. We have started investigation,” Dave added.
–Agencies–