In a shocking incident, a woman here Thursday slashed the throat of her four-year-old daughter while she was sleeping, police said.
Sheela Bhake, 35, is on the run since the incident, said area police station chief W.T. Wandre.
The incident came to light when Vaishali’s 11-year-old brother Abhishek woke up and found her body in a pool of blood around 8 a.m. in their house.
Vaishali’s throat was slashed and her chest was apparently hit with an iron rod, police said.
The children’s father, Atul, 38-year-old labourer, who had gone to the market at the time of incident, reported the matter to police when he returned home.
“We are investigating to find out the motive behind this killing,”
Preliminary information gathered by police from the neighbours suggested that Sheela quarrelled frequently with Atul. She often got bouts of anger.
Neighbours saw Sheela hurriedly leaving her home in the morning.
—IANS—