Siblings torch house with parents inside, attempt suicide

Agencies
JORHAT, MAY 30

A brother-sister duo allegedly torched their house with their parents inside in Assam’s Jorhat city Friday and then attempted suicide by slitting their throats with a blade, a police official said.Both the parents have suffered 90 per cent burns and the seriously injured siblings were admitted to the ICU in Jorhat Medical College Hospital.
Investigations revealed that in the wee hours today the duo – Pinku and Sumi – set their house on fire at Dekorgorah Kamargoan when their parents Deben Dutta and Niku Dutta were asleep inside, Jorhat district Superintendent of Police Amanjit Kaur said.
The siblings then tried to cut their throat with a bladein an attempt to commit suicide, Kaur said.
According to the the Hospital’s PRO Dr Nitulpal Bhattacharyya, all the four were in a critical state and might be sent to Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, for further treatment. Pinku, 30, is a masters degree holder and was working in Bangalore in a private firm until recently, while Sumi, 25, also a postgraduate is a Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualified teacher, she said.
Police investigations with locals and relatives revealed that since the last few days, there were frequent family tiffs between the parents and their children over some issues between the brother and sister.