Yadgir: A man in Duganoor of the taluk, a man allegedly killed two of his children and also attempted to murder another son, following a suspicion that his wife was in an extramarital relationship.
The deceased boys are Bhargav (5) and Saanvi (3), while the eldest child Hemanth (8) is learned to have escaped with minor injuries and is being treated at the Yadgir District Hospital.
The accused, identified as Sharanappa, is absconding.
A case has been booked by the Yadgir Rural Police. Pruthvik Shankar, Police Superintendent of Yadgir, reportedly visited the crime scene and has conducted an inspection.
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Hyderabad (PTI): A 28-year-old married woman was set on fire allegedly by a man after she "rejected" his marriage proposal in Mahabubabad town on Tuesday, police said.
The accused, in his 40s, who runs a shop, had developed an "illicit" relationship with the woman and was suspecting that she was in contact with another person and that she was "ignoring" him.
He poured petrol on the woman when she was alone at her house and set her on fire. He then hugged her and both of them suffered injuries, police said.
They were initially shifted to Government Hospital in Mahabubabad and later admitted to another state-run Hospital in Warangal for further treatment.
As per the doctors, the woman suffered 90 per cent burns in the incident while the accused 75 per cent burns, police said.
The woman's mother, in a complaint to the police, stated that her daughter was married to a man in Gudur mandal.
Due to family disputes, the woman came to Mahabubabad along with her two children and was residing there for the past three years.
She was running a vegetable cart. The accused was already married, and his wife had passed away. He developed an"illicit" relationship with the woman, police said.
The accused allegedly forced and harassed the victim to marry him, the complainant said.
Based on a complaint, an attempt to murder case was registered in connection with the incident, police added.
