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Ahmedabad, Oct 13 (PTI) A man allegedly killed his wife and six-year-old daughter over marital discord and his one-sided affair in Gujarat"s Vadodara city, police said on Wednesday.
The police on Wednesday arrested Tejas Patel for allegedly killing his wife Shobhna (36) and daughter Kavya at their residence in Sama area on October 10, Deputy Commissioner of Police Lakhdhirsinh Zala said.
In the early hours of October 11, Patel lived with his in-laws in Sama, informed his brother-in-law that Shobhna and Kavya were lying unresponsive due to some unknown reasons, the official said.
Patel and other family members rushed the mother and daughter to a nearby hospital, but both were declared dead by the on-duty doctors, he said.
"During post-mortem, injury marks were found on the woman"s neck and doctors also found the presence of a poisonous substance in the stomach of the victims.
Our team then searched Patel"s residence and found a rat killing substance from the terrace of the multi-storey house," Zala said.