Daijiworld Media Network-Kasargod (RJP)
Kasargod, Jan 31: A bid by a couple to kill the mentally ill daughter failed. Then the couple consumed poison. While the husband died, his wife is seriously ill and taking treatment in a hospital.
The incident took place at Kargil near Periyadka on the night of Sunday, January 29.
Babu Patali (65) is the deceased. His wife Leelavathi (51) is in critical condition in a hospital in Mangaluru. Daughter Nirmala is safe.
As per information available, Babu Patali, disturbed by the illness his daughter Nirmala was suffering from, tried to feed her with poison. But Nirmala managed to run away. Then the couple consumed poison in a bid to end lives.
Nirmala informed the neighbours that her parents had consumed poison. The neighbours came and helped to take the couple to the hospital. Babu Patali breathed his last on the way while Leelavathi was admitted.
Badiyadka police have registered a case.