MAHBUBNAGAR: In a heart-wrenching incident, a woman and her nine-year-old daughter killed themselves by jumping into an irrigation tank here on Thursday morning. According to sources, they took the extreme step over some family dispute.
Saritha, a native of Gummakonda village under Thimmajipet mandal in Nagarkurnool district, was married to Srisailam, a resident of Midgil mandal headquarters in Mahbubnagar district.
After a dispute with her husband, Saritha left their house on November 30, along with her daughter. When the family members couldn’t trace the two, they lodged a complaint withe the police on December 1. Locals found their body from an irrigation tank close to Srisailam’s house later in the day. Saritha had her daughter tied to her stomach using a saree.
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