Mentally ill mother decapitates toddler: Relatives now look at the many signs they missed

Delhi | Saturday | 21st April, 2018

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Of late, Sarika’s condition had worsened, those who knew her said. ALSO READ | Mentally ill mother decapitates toddlerFollowing her bouts of rage and mood swings, Harishankar said he had asked Sarika to stay with her parents for six months. The last time seven-year-old Anuradha and her two-year-old sister saw their mother, Sarika, was a week ago, when the family had gone to attend the local bhagwat katha ceremony. Her family claimed that signs of mental illness had manifested two months after she married Harishankar, in 2009. The family said Sarika returned and the couple had two children — Anuradha, and a son, Shivam..