Father Attempts To Kill Children In Hyderabad To Acquire Gold, Held 

Hyderabad: In an inhumane act, a man attempted to kill his children in a bid to get ownership of gold that were deposited on their names in the bank by their dead mother who had committed suicide.

The accused Fakira alias Raj Kumar, a resident of Ramaswamy compound in Gandhinagar, was arrested at Himayathnagar on Thursday. He hatched the conspiracy to kill his children Mayur Kumar (11) and Baby Lakshya (9).

According to police, his wife had separated from him due to alleged torture and the kids stayed with her. She had some gold reserves with her which she had deposited in the bank in the names of her children and later committed suicide.

When the father came to know about this, he strated beating the children severely so as to kill them. They however, fled and approached an NGO called Balala Hakkula Sangham in Hyderabad and narrated their ordeal.

The NGO then filed a police complaint and are looking after the children. The children has insisted on being sent to their aunt, Achyut Rao of the NGO told a leading daily.

The Central zone DCP has ordered a probe into the matter.

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