Hyderabad: Despondent over her daughter’s ill health, a 30-year-old housewife jumped off the fifth floor of a building along with her sick child in Chandanagar on Monday. The deceased were identified as S. Swathi and nine-month-old S. Sanvi.
Police said Swathi married Pradeep Kumar, working for a private firm, in 2011. The couple and their two kids — five-year-old son and daughter Sanvi — lived at PJR enclave under Chandanagar police station limits.
Sanvi, born in May 2017, had some health complications since birth for which she was undergoing treatment. About a month ago, the child was admitted to a private hospital after she fell very sick. She remained in the hospital for about a month before discharge. Her health, however, continued to slide. Swathi jumped off the balcony of their apartment at Sai Pearl Residency with Sanvi in her arms at around 1.30 pm. Passersby who noticed the two lying in a pool of blood immediately rushed them to hospital and alerted the police. Swathi and Sanvi were declared brought dead at the hospital. Their family members said the couple would remain very worried about Sanvi’s ill health. Police registered a case under Section 174 CrPC.
