Woman drowns twin daughters, attempts to kill self
A 40-year-old woman in Bengaluru drowned her four-month-old twin daughters and attempted suicide at their home in Vajarahalli on September 1. The couple, Ramalingappa and Umadevi, had undergone IVF treatment and welcomed the twin girls in May 2026 at Cloudnine Hospital. One-and-a-half months after the birth, Umadevi started showing disinterest in caring for the children and repeatedly expressed a desire to send them to an ashram.
After consulting psychiatric treatment at NIMHANS, doctors diagnosed her with postpartum depression and hormonal imbalance. On Tuesday, Ramalingappa returned home to find Umadevi attempting to hang herself with a veil inside a locked room. She was rescued and taken for treatment, while the twin daughters were found dead inside the same room.
Police suspect that Umadevi drowned the children before attempting suicide, registering a murder case against her under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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