Man kills disabled daughter in suicide pact, remaining family survives

Hyderabad: Driven by mounting debts and losses in business, a private civil contractor allegedly killed his mentally challenged, bed-ridden daughter and then attempted suicide along with his wife and son at their flat at Vijay Nagar Colony in Kukatpally on Tuesday.As per their plan, Marpuri Satish Kumar (54), his wife Amani (42), and their son Mithil (23) consumed insecticide on Monday night, police said. At 1.30am on Tuesday, Satish allegedly smothered to death Srijavalli (18) in her bed with a pillow. Satish was a native of Madanapalle in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The insecticide they had consumed did not kill them, so the trio took a mix of some medicines - Crocin, Dolo-650) along with Atarax anti-fungal dusting powder. "Even after consuming the medicines, they did not die and at 5pm the same day, they cut their wrists with a kitchen knife," said G Venkata Bhaskar Reddy, Satish's childhood friend.Satish had called Bhaskar Reddy at 3.30pm on Wednesday requesting him to come to his house to discuss an urgent matter. Bhaskar, who reached Satish's flat at 4.30 pm, found the trio severely unwell and with bleeding wrists. He alerted the neighbours and police. Srijavalli's body was found on the bed. Jagadgirigutta police booked a murder case and sent her body for postmortem. The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment."Satish was into civil contracts and real estate business. He had incurred losses in the business and ended up in debts. We are yet to ascertain his debt burden," Jagadgirigutta inspector B Venkatesham said.Satish and his wife told police that due to mounting debts, they along with Mithil, decided to end their lives. "Srijavalli was mentally challenged since childhood. The family members decided to kill her and then end their lives," the inspector said.On Bhaskar Reddy's complaint, Jagadgirigutta police registered a case under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Satish. "All the injured are out of danger. Once Satish is declared fit, he will be arrested," the inspector said.