Incident Reports

Grandparents arrested for poisoning granddaughter

2019-02-05

Sudurpashchim, Kanchanpur, Shuklaphanta, Ward 10

Police arrested grandparents on charges of poisoning 7-years old Ritu Dagaura of Suklaphanta municipality-10 Toti, Kanchanpur.

43-year-old Reshmi Dagaura and 60-year-old Bhathari Dagaura were taken into custody after their daughter-in-law, Jyoti Dagaura  filed a case against them on Wednesday. She continuously vomited after eating rice on February 5, died while being taken to the hospital. 

According to  Inspector Ramesh Dutt Awasthi, Ritu's grandmother gave a statement that she was angry with her granddaughter so she bought poison and mixed it in rice and fed it to her. She admits that she made a terrible mistake. Police also recovered the poison bottle from the house. 

The victim blood sample has been sent for the examination. Police have registered a case and further investigation is ongoing.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons Other
Primary Cause Domestic violence
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
Youth Killed 1
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