In a heart-wrenching incident, a 25-year-old woman along with her brother allegedly committed suicide in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on Friday. The duo, who consumed disinfectant at their house, killed themselves just a few after months after the death of their parents and two siblings.
According to sub-inspector D V Dangar of Songadh police station in Sihor taluka, Rishita Moradiya and her brother Parth (21) consumed phenyl at their house around 3.30 pm on Friday, and died on the way to a hospital in Sihor.
According to the police, four members of the Moradiya family committed suicide in Surat city in June, and Rishita and Parth were away at the time. On June 8, diamond worker Vinubhai Moradiya (55), his wife Shardaben, daughter Sainita (19) and son Krish (17), died after consuming a poisonous substance at their home in Surat.
The brother-sister duo had told their relatives that they were unable to overcome the grief of losing their parents and siblings, and would kill themselves, the official said. Since their parents' death, the siblings lived with their relatives in Surat, but they returned to their native village Padapan in Sihor taluka three days ago, she said.
The siblings were unable to bear the trauma of losing four members of their family and used to talk about killing themselves, the official said. Earlier, Rishita had attempted suicide by consuming phenyl two days after the deaths in the family, but she was shifted to a hospital and managed to survive the bid, police said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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