Bengaluru: A 32-year-old, former beauty queen Jyoti Malani committed suicide in Bengaluru, after killing her daughter. Jyoti was the titleholder of ‘Shining Star’ Star’ at the Mrs. India Karnataka -2019 beauty pageant.
According to the reports, the incident took place at an apartment in JP Nagar in Puttenahalli when the woman pushed her seven-year-old daughter to death from the terrace of the 20-floor building, before committing suicide by jumping off the building.
According to police, the beauty queen accused her husband Pankaj Sultania, a businessman who runs a chain of hardware shops in the city, of abuse. “The couple had frequent arguments over Jyoti’s behavior. The couple fought Sunday as well after which Pankaj left the apartment to go to his brother’s house.
This is when the model and former beauty queen uploaded videos of her daughter and then committed suicide after killing her daughter. Police arrested her husband after Jyoti’s brother lodged a case alleging abetment to suicide under sections 306 and 107 of the Indian Penal Code.
The police officer added that, “They are questioning Pankaj on the same and a thorough investigation is underway.” According to the FIR lodged, Jyoti hails from Gwalior and had shifted to Bengaluru just before getting married to Pankaj in 2007, with who she was in a relationship.
