Indian Air Force sergeant's wife kills self, two daughters

An Indian Air Force (IAF) sergeant's wife allegedly committed suicide after hanging two minor daughters in the official quarter at Eastern Air Command here.

Twenty-six-year-old Parveen Akhtar, wife of Sergeant Shamim Akhtar, hanged her two daughters — Samita (5) and Sania (3) and later committed suicide yesterday, the police said. The trio was found dead when Sergeant Akhtar came home from office, the police said.

There was no suicide note and the police said the post-mortem of the bodies could throw some light into the incident. The family hailed from Bihar, sources said.