A 30-year-old woman, who was suffering from depression, allegedly killed her minor daughter and then committed suicide at their home in Thane district. The incident took place around Wednesday midnight at Chirgaon in Badlapur township.

According to senior police inspector D V Deshmukh, the woman’s husband, who works in the Mumbai Police force, left the house in the evening for duty. ”After dinner, the woman went with her daughter in the bedroom while her mother-in-law and nephew slept in the hall of the house. Later, her mother-in-law heard shouts from the bedroom, which was locked from inside. She tried to break open its door but was unsuccessful. Some of their neighbours then rushed in, broke open the bedroom door and found the seven-year-old girl lying dead with multiple stab wounds caused by a kitchen knife on her neck and abdomen,” the officer said.

The woman was also found lying near the child with injury marks on her neck. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, Mr Deshmukh said.

“As per preliminary reports, the woman was in depression and that possibly led to the incident. We have sent both the bodies for post-mortem and a case has been registered,” he added.

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