Woman locks herself in room with 2 children, attacks them with scissors; all 3 die

Usha took the children into a room and locked the door before attacking them with scissors. She then allegedly inflicted injuries on herself, police said.

JAIPUR: A woman allegedly killed her two minor children with scissors before dying by suicide in Rajasthan’s Alwar district on Sunday, police said. The incident took place in Dantiya village near Kherli town, where Usha Sharma allegedly attacked her five-year-old son, Mukul, and four-year-old daughter, Nandini, following an argument over the girl going outside to play, police said. Usha took the children into a room and locked the door before attacking them with scissors. She then allegedly inflicted injuries on herself, police said.

According to news agency PTI, villagers rushed to the house after hearing the children scream and forced open the door, where they found the woman and her two children lying injured. Usha's younger sister Manisha, who was present at the house, became distressed on seeing them and injured herself by banging her head against a wall and the floor. Villagers rushed all four to the sub-district hospital in Kherli, where doctors declared Mukul dead. Usha and Nandini died during treatment. Manisha, who sustained serious injuries, was referred to a district hospital for further treatment.

Police said Usha’s husband, Amit Sharma, works for a private company in Gujarat, while Manisha’s husband, Ankit Sharma, works as a nurse at a private hospital in Jaipur. Kathumar circle officer Joginder Singh Rajawat and Kherli police reached the village and inspected the scene. The bodies have been kept in the mortuary of the Kherli hospital. Further investigation is underway.