A woman allegedly strangled her two sons while they were asleep and later allegedly attacked her father-in-law, who managed to escape and alert neighbours late on Thursday night in Bilimora town of Navsari district.

Police entered their flat after she “refused to open the door” and took her into custody. The woman’s husband has been in hospital for the past four days.

Police said the incident occurred in a flat in Maharaja Apartment in the Desra area. Shivkant Sharma (33), originally from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, works as a carpenter in Bilimora, where he has lived for around ten years with his wife Sunita, their sons aged four and seven, and his parents, Indrapal Sharma (62) and Susri Sharma (60).

On Friday, Shivkant was diagnosed with typhoid and admitted to a private hospital, where

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