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Man kills wife and daughter, jumps to death

SHARJAH — A 35-year-old Indian national yesterday committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor of a building in Al Qasimia area in Sharjah after strangling his wife and two-year-old daughter to death.

Kumar A. hailed from Mumbai and worked in a Dubai company.

Police sources said that before jumping out of the apartment window, the man had strangled his wife to death by using a cord. In addition, Kumar had also killed his two-year-old daughter by suffocating her with a pillow on her face, police said. Speaking to Khaleej Times, Brigadier Salih Al Mutawa, Director of the Sharjah Police, said when the officers reached the accident site, they saw a man in his pyjamas and a bandage around his mouth lying dead in a pool of blood. The bandage on his mouth, the officers explained, could have been tied around by the man to prevent screaming during the fall

Police investigation

“At first, we thought that somebody may have pushed the man from the building. But when the officers went into the flat, they found the door locked from inside. After breaking into the apartment, we found the bodies of his wife and of a little girl lying next to her in the bedroom,” he said. During the search, the investigation officers found a wooden chair placed near the window from where he had jumped. The police disclosed that a cord apparently used in the crime was recovered from the apartment.

Besides, a note written in English by Kumar was also found in the apartment but the police refused to disclose the details.

According to the police, the preliminary investigation and the report of the forensic laboratory proved that the Indian had killed his wife and daughter and later committed suicide for reasons still unknown to the police.

Samir, a next-door neighbour of the victim, noted that the family had been living in the building for past four years.

“Nothing unusual was observed in their behaviour. They always appeared to be a happy family. Kumar, the husband, was very kind and communicative and used to greet me every time we met,” he said.

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