Bengaluru Woman Asks Doctor for Poison to Kill Mother-in-Law, Police Investigate

After a woman contacted a doctor in Bengaluru through social media, requesting medication to kill her mother-in-law, the doctor reported it to the police.

The physician, Sunil Kumar, is said to be based in Sanjay Nagar, Bengaluru. On Instagram, he stated that a woman approached him and requested medication to kill her mother-in-law. She expressed frustration over her mother-in-law's persistent harassment.

In response to the astonishing request, Dr. Sunil told the woman that his responsibility as a physician is to save lives, not to cause harm.

The incident was later reported to the Sanjay Nagar police station. The doctor provided the local police with the woman's phone number and the entire chat history. However, when the police tried to contact her, they found that her phone was switched off.

Dr. Kumar approached the police on Tuesday, requesting that they identify the woman and take appropriate action against her. "This is shocking, and it pains me to see the times we are living in—a woman seeking a doctor's help to kill her mother-in-law with medication. I clearly told her in messages that doctors are meant to save lives, not take them. After I said that, she deleted the messages. However, I had already taken screenshots and handed them over to the police," he said.

Dr. Kumar received the messages around 2:10 PM on Monday. "She initially typed in Kannada and mentioned that she wanted to ask something. Then she messaged again, asking what my reaction would be if she made a request that might upset me. When I asked her what it was about, she asked me to prescribe medication to kill her elderly mother-in-law. She explained that her mother-in-law was 70 years old and was harassing her," the police quoted the doctor from his complaint letter.

Although the woman deleted her messages, Dr. Kumar had already taken screenshots.

But by Wednesday evening, Sanjay Nagar police successfully traced the woman and summoned her for questioning. She arrived at the station with her husband and claimed that her actual intention was to end her own life, not harm her mother-in-law. "If I had directly asked the doctor for tablets to take my own life, he would have certainly refused. So, I framed my request differently. If he had prescribed the medication, I would have taken it to end my life," said the 40-year-old homemaker.

She also informed the police that she had found Dr. Kumar’s phone number online.

(Input from various sources)

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