Bengaluru, An FIR has been registered against a 40-year-old woman for allegedly killing her four-month-old twin daughters before attempting to take her own life, police said on Wednesday.
Uma Devi was residing with her husband Ramalingappa, their twin daughters and mother-in-law. As they had no children, they underwent IVF treatment. The twin girls were found dead inside the same room. The complainant alleged that Devi killed the children, resulting in their deaths, and subsequently attempted to take her own life.
In his complaint, Ramalingappa stated that he had married Devi in 2002 and they had been leading a cordial married life, according to the police. Following the treatment, Devi became pregnant and gave birth to twin girls on May 5, 2026. Doctors at Shankar Hospital examined the children and suspected that they had died due to drowning, police said.
Her husband was engaged in a real estate business, police said. The complainant said that about one-and-a-half months after the delivery, Devi began showing a lack of interest in children and repeatedly said that they should be admitted to an ashram. She also began behaving abnormally, a senior police officer said.
The incident occurred at their home in Vajarahalli on Tuesday, they said.
Doctors reportedly informed the family that her behaviour was due to postpartum depression and hormonal imbalance following childbirth, he said.
