Marital discord: Mother booked for killing girl in suicide pact, son saved

Chennai | Friday | 11th October, 2019

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The deceased has been identified as Dhanushya while her mother Pavithra (32) and her son Padmesh have been admitted in different hospitals in the city. Around 7 am, visitors heard cries of children near the shore opposite Vivekananda House and found a woman slitting her neck with a razor blade. Padmesh was admitted in the Institute Of Child Health in Egmore and Pavithra in the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. Pavithra has been booked on murder charge and will be arrested after she recovers, said the police. At 7 am, visitors heard cries of children near opposite Vivekananda House.