Panipat Police arrested a 34-year-old woman for murdering four children, including her own son, over a period of two years. The woman confessed she was driven by jealousy towards children who were "more attractive" than her own.
A Haryana woman was arrested Tuesday on charges of murdering four children, including her own son, over "good looks". The woman, identified as Poonam, confessed to the police that she felt an urge to kill children who were "more attractive" than her own, and murdered her own son as she feared he had seen one of the murders.
The breakthrough came on Tuesday when a six-year-old girl was found dead at a wedding in Naultha village in Panipat's Israna tehsil. The child, identified as Vidhi, was discovered in a first-floor store room by her mother and grandmother, with her head submerged in a tub of water.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital by her father, where she was declared dead. A board of doctors at the hospital later flagged signs of homicide.Based on a complaint filed by the grandfather, a case was registered against unknown persons at Israna police station.
Poonam Questioned At Venue
A police team reached the spot and questioned everyone at the venue. Poonam, who is also Vidhi's aunt, was present at the venue and was questioned.
The police noticed contradictions in her statements.
Under sustained questioning, Poonam confessed to not only killing Vidhi but also the other three children - all of whom were drowned in similar fashion.
Investigators say that Poonam, married in 2019, first drowned her sister-in-law's nine-year-old daughter, Ishika, in a water tank at their Bhawar home in Sonipat in 2023. Later that year, she killed her three-year-old son Shubham, fearing that "he might reveal the truth".
The family had believed both deaths were accidental.
Police say Poonam later targeted another relative - her cousin's six-year-old daughter, Jiya - and drowned her in August this year at her maternal home in Siwah. That death, too, was initially treated as an accident.
According to investigators, Poonam maintained the same method in all four killings, each involving a tub or water container inside a home.
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