A man and his wife died while the📖ir daughter is struggling for life in a hospital after drinking a cold drink laced with poison in Kushi🦄nagar, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Tuesday at Amwa village when𒁃 Ajit Gupta (35) gave❀ poison to his family members in a cold drink and also drank it.
The family was facing financial problems as Gupta had lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic and police said there was a dis🙈pute in the family.
Gupta earlier worked in Mumbai but during the pandemic lost his job and was staying at home with his wife Sindhu (32), daughter 𓆏Nandini (12) and son Anshu (8).
Local residents said about six years ago, Ajit had encephalitis and since then🗹 he faced some mental issues.
Anshu, who had s🧸een his father mixing poison in the cold drink, escaped and told villagers about it, who rushed them to the Fazilnagar CHC, from where they were re♔ferred to the district hospital.
While Ajit Gupta died on the way to hospital, his wife Sindhu died on Wednesday morning. The condition of thei💖r daughter is stated to be crit꧒ical, police said.
"Prima faci🅘e it seems to be a case of family dispute,&q🔯uot; SHO Akhilesh Kumar Singh said.
"The reason behind it is a matter of investigation," Kushinagar SP Dhawal Jaiswal said.
