Andhra woman poisons her two children, dies by suicide over family dispute

Amaravati: In a tragic incident, a woman poisoned her two minor children to death before committing suicide in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district.

According to police, the incident occurred at Vittamrajupalli village in Vinukonda mandal.

Nakka Bharati (24) killed Tejesh Reddy (6) and Hemanatha Nagi Reddy (4) before hanging herself at her house.

Police suspect that she served food laced with poison to her children on Monday night and then died by suicide.

The incident came to light on Tuesday morning. Villagers informed the police, and a team rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies for postmortem examination.

A family dispute is believed to have led to the tragedy. Bharati was married to Sunil Reddy, who works as a driver of a milk van.

According to their neighbours, Sunil Reddy had become addicted to vices and was allegedly not taking proper care of the family. This had led to frequent fights between the husband and wife.

Police registered a case and took up further investigation.

This is the latest in a series of such tragic incidents in the Telugu states. Family disputes were found to be the main cause of most of the incidents.

Earlier, a woman slit the throats of her two young daughters and later attempted to kill herself by slitting her own throat. The incident occurred on June 30 in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.

According to police, Varalakshmi killed her daughters, Bhavani (3) and Chandni (four months). A family dispute led to the alleged killings and suicide attempt.

On June 13, a woman killed her two children before committing suicide. The incident occurred in Adavi Venkatapuram village of Telangana’s Vikarabad district.

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