Factory owner & his wife slit their children’s throats before jumping to death from their eighth floor balcony
Another woman who also jumped is believed to be in a critical state in hospital. She was the man's business partner, according to some accounts, while others claim she was his second wife
New Delhi: A factory owner and his wife allegedly slit their children’s throats before jumping from their eighth floor balcony at an apartment complex in Ghaziabad near Delhi on Tuesday morning. The entire family is dead. Another woman who also jumped is believed to be in a critical state in hospital.
The second woman was the man’s business partner, according to some accounts, while others claim she was his second wife.
The police say the couple were steeped in financial difficulties and left a note in their home in Indirapuram’s Vaibhav Khand. They allegedly smothered their sleeping children, a girl and a boy, before slitting their throats.
The note was found with some money, which the man wanted spent on their funeral.
“We found the bodies of two children at the flat. A suicide note was also found in the flat along with some money. The possible reason behind the suicide is financial distress,” senior police officer Sudhir Kumar told news agency ANI.
The man had a failing business and several cheques had bounced recently, according to the police.
The security guard at the apartment complex, Ajaz Karim Khan, saw the two bodies and the injured woman lying on the ground around 5 am on Tuesday, moments after noises from the apartment alerted him. “The incident occurred at around 5 am-5:15 am. I heard some noise and went out to check and saw that three people were lying on the ground. I immediately called my supervisor and called the police,” Ajaz Karim Khan told ANI.
According to the locals, the family had recently moved to the society.
