A shocking incident has come to light in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. In this, a young man committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance, while his wife hanged herself leaving her children of five years, three years and four months. The couple has taken this dreadful step after a domestic quarrel. Although the relatives immediately took the young man to the hospital after getting the information, but the doctors referred him to BHU. The family had left for BHU from the district hospital when he too died on the way. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot, took both the bodies in their possession and sent them for postmortem.
The case pertains to Teladi village under Pannuganj police station area. In the interrogation of the police, the relatives have told the name of the deceased youth as Suraj Soni. Suraj, 28, used to do newspaper distribution. On Sunday morning, he returned home after distributing the newspaper and in the meantime, an argument broke out with his wife over some issue. Soon the dispute increased so much that in a fit of anger Suraj consumed some poisonous substance. When his health deteriorated, the family took him to the district hospital. From where the doctors referred to Varanasi. His relatives had left for BHU when he too died on the way. On the other hand, the news of her husband’s death had reached home when suddenly his wife Punita went to her room and hanged herself with the help of a ladder.
Crying bad condition of innocent children
Relatives told that Suraj and Punita have three children. One son is five years old, the other is three years old and the third is just four months old. When the news of Suraj’s death came, Punita was feeding milk to her younger son. As soon as she heard the news, she immediately kept the child aside and left him crying and went to the room and hanged herself.
Police conducted post mortem
Additional Superintendent of Police Operation Vijay Shankar Mishra told that the wife and husband have committed suicide due to a domestic dispute. However, the information about the reason for the dispute between them could not be cleared. At present, the post-mortem has been done by taking both the dead bodies in their possession. The police is investigating the matter. For this, all the family members of the house are being questioned. On the other hand, there is a discussion in the village that Suraj’s family was facing financial crisis. Due to which there used to be frequent disputes between the husband and wife due to non-completion of essential things on time. Since the deceased lived apart from his parents, the big question at the moment is who will take care of the three orphaned children after his death.