A mother has left many people in serious shock after she threw her daughter out of the 3rd floor of a building.
A 36-year-old woman killed her seven-year-old differently-abled
daughter by throwing her twice from their rented flat on the third floor
at Jaraganahalli in JP Nagar area of India on Sunday afternoon.
Bangalore Mirror reported that the girl survived the initial fall
with serious injuries but succumbed after her mother rushed down,
scooped her up and went back up to their flat only to throw her down
once again in front of petrified neighbours.
Residents of the area rounded up the woman and tied her to an
electric pole before police arrived at the scene and took her into
custody.
The accused was working as a teacher till about two years ago and
had separated from her husband, a business analyst with a private firm
in Indiranagar. Police claimed that the woman seemed mentally disturbed
and told them that her daughter was restless and she decided to throw
her down to calm her.
Initially, the onlookers thought she was coming to administer first
aid to the injured child. But they were in for a rude shock when the
woman took the child back upstairs and threw her down again killing her
on the spot.
A woman living in the same building claimed that, initially, they
thought the girl lost her footing and had an accidental fall. She also
added that they asked Swathi why she was not taking her daughter to the
hospital and Swathi shouted at them claiming that the child was mentally
unstable.
Another resident claimed that Swathi picked up the girl, went
upstairs and locked herself in before pushing her down the second time.
She had a change of clothes and came down after 15 minutes when local
residents rounded her up and tied her to an electric pole.
Puttenahalli police arrived at the spot and soon took Swathi into
custody. Police claimed that Swathi was married to Kanchan Sarkar, 40,
and the couple had moved to Bengaluru from West Bengal about 10 years
ago. The couple had separated about a year ago but the husband was
providing financial support to the woman and their daughter.
According to police, the deceased girl was suffering from speech
impediment and Swathi was desperately trying to make her speak. She used
to take her daughter on evening and morning walks on a daily basis in
the neighbourhood.
Police have registered a case and are expected to subject the accused to psychiatric evaluation as part of the investigation.
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