Coimbatore: Two minor autistic boys are fighting for their lives in a private hospital here after their 42-year-old father fed them pesticide-laced food on Thursday. The man, who also consumed the food, passed away at Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Friday.
Police identified the deceased as S Samidurai, a native of Valparai. “He worked as a fitter at a private firm in Coimbatore city and was staying in a rented house on NGR Street in Singanallur with his wife Ramalakshmi and sons aged 10 and 13. Ramalakshmi had left for ESI Hospital on Thursday to get Covid-19 vaccine. She reached the house at 6.15pm to find her husband and sons vomiting and struggling to breathe,” a police officer said.
With the help of her relatives, Ramalakshmi took her sons to a private hospital, where they are undergoing treatment in intensive care unit. Samidurai was taken to CMCH, but doctors could not save him.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Samidurai was depressed about the children’s future. “The boys attended a special school at Ondipudur. Due to the pandemic, they were attending online classes for the last two years,” the officer added.
The Singanallur police have registered a case.
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