Man poisons kids to death as wife elopes

Kalanaur (Gurdaspur), March 4

A man here killed his two children after giving them a fatal dose of a mosquito repellent mixed with tea and fled.

Police sources say Harpal Singh worked as a tailor in Zaildara Mohalla while his wife Amanpreet Kaur was employed as a safai-sewak in a government department. Three days ago, his wife reportedly eloped with a boy. Depressed and unable to deal with the circumstances, he poisoned his daughter Jaspreet (6) and son Harpreet Singh (4) to death.

SSP Harish Dayama said the police had registered a case under Section 302 IPC (murder) at the Kalanaur police station. The bodies of the children have been sent to the Gurdaspur Civil Hospital for post-mortem. Harpal had locked the door from outside before fleeing.

Harpal did not report for work yesterday morning. When his employer called him to ask for the reason for being absent, Harpal told him that he had to rush to Batala for some work.

In the evening, the employer entered Harpal’s residence using the staircase of a neighbouring house. He broke open the lock only to find the children lying motionless on a double-bed.