Bengaluru: In a shocking and heartless crime, two children, aged seven and three, were strangled to death allegedly by one of their parents in Bengaluru, police said on Friday.
The gruesome crime was reported from Subramanyapura police station limits of the city, and the police are investigating the father and mother, hailing from Jharkhand, as the couple are blaming each other for murdering the children.
The children were identified as Shubam, 7, and Sia, 3. Their mother is admitted to the hospital with a cut injury in the neck and the father, an auto driver, was questioned by the police.
DCP South Division, Lokesh Jagalasar said: "Yesterday (Thursday), the murder of two children was reported. Investigations, so far at the preliminary stage, revealed that the children were chocked to death using a rope."
Presently, the mother is receiving treatment for a cut injury on her neck and it also remains to be verified whether the injury is self-infected or from another person.
The immediate cause of the murder, as ascertained by the investigation, is that the couple had marital disputes. The relatives and neighbours have given statements in this regard," the DCP said.
According to the DCP, the case was reported by the father, who had rushed both the children and the mother to the hospital, after the incident which had taken place between 7 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. on Thursday. They reached the hospital at 10.30 p.m.