Woman pushes 8-year-old daughter to death from 29th floor flat, then ends life

Thu, 13 March 2025

19:39

A woman allegedly pushed her eight-year-old daughter to death from their 29th floor flat in a housing complex in Panvel in Maharashtra and then committed suicide, a police official said on Thursday.

The incident took place in Palaspe at 8am on Wednesday, the official added.

"The woman, identified as 37-year-old Mythili Dua, was reportedly mentally unsound. She pushed her child to death and then jumped off. She and her child died on the spot. A murder case has been registered and further probe is underway," the Panvel police station official said. -- PTI

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