A doctor, K. Gopi, and his wife, Shankara Kumari, tragically died by suicide after injecting a toxic substance to kill their mentally and physically challenged three-year-old daughter, Mounika. The incident occurred at a lodge in Narsaraopet in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh. Both Gopi and Shankara Kumari worked at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhopal.
Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the couple took this extreme step due to their deep depression over their daughter’s condition. Gopi, originally from Satluru village in Palnadu district, and Shankara Kumari, from Dharmavaram in Sri Sathya Sai district, had a love marriage. The birth of their daughter, Mounika, who had special needs, had left them despondent.
Gopi had recently arrived from Bhopal, and on Saturday, he called his wife and daughter to Narsaraopet, where they checked into a lodge. The tragic incident unfolded on Sunday morning when Gopi messaged his sister on WhatsApp, indicating their decision to end their lives. Family members rushed to the lodge upon receiving the alert and found the trio unconscious. Despite being shifted to a hospital, Shankara Kumari and Mounika could not be saved.
Police discovered sedatives, syringes, and related items at the lodge. Following postmortem examinations, the bodies of the couple and their daughter were handed over to their family. Narsaraopet police have initiated an investigation into the case.
