Hyderabad: Mother Kills Her Two Minor Daughters, Arrested

Hyderabad: Two young children, 8-year-old Ashwika and her 3-year-old sister Awishka were murdered allegedly by their mother in their house at Hyderabad.

Yesterday when Vinay Chutke, their father returned from his gift shop in Begumpet at 9:45pm reportedly found that main door of his home was left open and his wife went missing. Father found his daughters under the bed and in the bathroom, covered in blood. After Mr Chutke called the police, the children's mother Rajini was found at the Hussainsagar Lake. She had reportedly attempted suicide.

The mother has reportedly told the police that she suspected her daughters were being abused by her husband. She reportedly claimed that her older daughter would quiver with fear in the presence of her father. The couple had reportedly fought bitterly over the last week.

The police say there is no evidence so far of the alleged abuse. The couple had recently shifted to Hyderabad from Maharashtra.