Representative image of a dead body.
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A 29-year-old woman and her four-year-old child died after she set them on fire following a quarrel with her husband, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at Krishnaappa Layout in Sanjay Nagar. The deceased, Seetha and her daughter, were both natives of Nepal, police said.
Police said that Seetha and her husband, Govind Bahadur, also from Nepal, worked as domestic help in Sanjay Nagar and stayed in a small house. They often fought over domestic issues, especially those arising from the husband’s frequent travels to Nepal and extended stay.
Police officials said one such argument triggered the incident on Wednesday evening.
The mother and daughter were declared dead at a hospital. A case has been registered and investigation is underway.