Bengaluru woman kills autistic daughter, surrenders to police

The accused woman has twin girls, both of whom are autistic : Police

New Delhi, June 15

A woman strangled her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter to death in Bengaluru and then surrendered to police. 

The police said that the accused woman has twin girls, both of whom are autistic.

While one of her daughters is mildly autistic, the other one was severely autistic. The mildly autistic girl had taken admission in a pre-school.

Upon questioning, the mother said she was worried about how her daughter would lead her life as she was autistic and hence, she decided to murder her, police added. 

The police said that the mother was depressed from the past few months over the fact that her daughter was severely autistic. 

 

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