Woman 'suicide' survivor not yet well enough for questioning - police

Dubai: An Indian woman who survived alleged suicide attempt after slashing her wrists on Friday is still not well enough to be interrogated, Dubai Police has confirmed.

Denying media reports that the woman confessed to helping her husband kill their daughter before the husband hanged himself, Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Director of Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department, said the 30-year-old woman did not speak at all.

Media reports on Monday said the woman spoke briefly and confessed that she had held down her daughter while her husband smothered the five-year-old with a pillow.

Psychiatric ward

"The woman has been moved to the psychiatric ward in the hospital, and her mental condition does not allow questioning," Brig Al Mansouri said.

According to him, the woman will be charged with attempted suicide, but it is up to the Public Prosecution to decide the final charges upon completing the investigation.

On Sunday, police said the initial post-mortem autopsy findings confirmed that the father died as a result of hanging himself to death, while the daughter suffocated after being smothered with a pillow..

The Indian family of three — Rijesh, 32, his wife Sreesha, 30, and daughter Avantika — was living in a building behind Al Musalla Tower in Bur Dubai. The middle-income family is from Chakkarakkal in Kannur district in the south Indian state of Kerala.

The father left two letters — one to his family, and the other to police. He explained the reasons behind his decision to kill himself and his family, police said.