Panaji: A French woman allegedly committed suicide after killing her seven-year-old adopted daughter at Anjuna village near Panaji, police said today.
"Severina Figueiredo killed herself yesterday by slitting her neck vain with blade after smothering her seven-year-old daughter from Karntaka, whom she had adopted three years back," Anjuna Police Inspector Paresh Naik told Press Trust of India.
The incident came to light yesterday when one of her family friends visited her residence, he added. Police said Ms Figueiredo 's husband had gone to France and at the time of the incident, the woman and her daughter were alone in the house.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem, he said, adding a case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Anjuna police station.
"Severina Figueiredo killed herself yesterday by slitting her neck vain with blade after smothering her seven-year-old daughter from Karntaka, whom she had adopted three years back," Anjuna Police Inspector Paresh Naik told Press Trust of India.
The incident came to light yesterday when one of her family friends visited her residence, he added. Police said Ms Figueiredo 's husband had gone to France and at the time of the incident, the woman and her daughter were alone in the house.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem, he said, adding a case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Anjuna police station.
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