Family says she was mentally unstable and was undergoing treatment for two years

A 32-year-old mentally disturbed woman allegedly strangled her six-year-old daughter and then committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling in Surajmal Vihar area of east Delhi on Tuesday.


Victims? Sangeeta Pokhriyal

A police official said the deceased were identified as Sangeeta Pokhriyal and her daughter Vrinda. He said Sangeeta's husband Hemant works as junior engineer in a private company. He had gone to Rajasthan on a business tour when the incident took place.


The family's residence at Surajmal Vihar in east Delhi

"Sangeeta was sleeping with Vrinda while her elder son was sleeping with his grandfather. In the morning, the family members found the bodies and called police," said an official.


The identity card of Sangeeta's daughter Vrinda, on Tuesday.
Pic/Arjun Panwar

The family further claimed that Sangeeta was mentally disturbed and was undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences for the last two years.u00a0u00a0

"Sangeeta was found hanging from the ceiling fan while Vrinda bore multiple strangulation marks around her neck. Police rushed them to the GTB hospital but they were declared dead on arrival," said the police official.
Police are speculating a family feud might have triggered the incident.