By Neville Spykerman
KLANG, Nov 15 — Police today denied they had arrested the husband of R. Seetha over her alleged attempts to kill herself and her four children or circulating text messages (SMS) to the effect, saying that he is only being questioned over the incident.
Selangor Criminal Investigation Chief Datuk Hasnan Hassan said M. Manimaran was only asked to help in the investigations.
The 35-year-old lorry driver was approached by police when he visited his wife and children at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital at about 3.15pm today.
He is currently being questioned at the Klang District police headquarters.
On Thursday, the 31-year-old housewife in Klang was reported to have poured weed killer into mug and told her four children to “drink it so you can see uncle”, before consuming the poison herself.
Seetha’s brother, 24-year-old R. Surendren was among five men “high on the police wanted list” who were gunned down by police in Klang Utama on Sunday, and the attempted suicide has been attributed to her overwhelming grief over his death.
Police are looking at the possibility that domestic problems rather than her brother’s death were the reason she tried to kill herself and the children.
However, Human Rights Party leader S. Jayathas in an SMS to the press said the police, who are indirectly being blamed for causing the attempted suicide, were trying to cause a diversion.
Meanwhile, Seetha along with nine-year-old Darshini and Kugendran, five, continue to be in critical condition.
Two other girls — Usharani, seven, and Navina, three, — are being treated in a normal ward.
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