Bengaluru techie’s wife allegedly hangs 2 daughters, commits suicide

BENGALURU: A woman allegedly killed her two daughters before committing suicide due to financial problems in Bengaluru’s Ulsoor last night, police said today.

The Police said that 34-year-old Renuka, a lab technician in a private firm, hanged her two daughters — ten-month-old Pavani and six-year-old Nishtha — from the ceiling before committing suicide.

Her husband Hemanth Kumar, a software engineer, had a taken a loan of Rs. 35 lakh while they had no savings at all.

The police, after an initial investigation claimed that Renuka allegedly took such a drastic step due to the financial trouble that they were in.

More details are awaited.

PTI