New Delhi, June 15 : A 50-year-old woman strangled her teenage daughter to death and set herself ablaze in Jehangirpuri in north-west Delhi this morning, police said.
Sharda, a resident of Block G in Jehangirpuri, set herself on fire after killing her 15-year-old daughter and jumped off the first floor of the house at around 0900 hrs.
According to DCP(North-West) N S Bundela, Sharda suffered 70 per cent burns and was raced to hospital where her condition was stated to be critical.
Sharda’s husband was not home at the time of the incident.
Police were trying to find out the reason for the incident, but suspected that a family dispute triggered the incident.
–Agencies