Overview
- Six-year-old Vidhi was found with her head in a water tub at a Naultha wedding venue; a medical board flagged homicide and her grandfather’s FIR set off the probe.
- Panipat police arrested Poonam within roughly 36 hours and say she admitted to drowning four children between 2023 and 2025.
- The alleged victims include three related girls — Ishika, 9, and Jiya, 6, plus Vidhi, 6 — and her son Shubham, 3, with earlier deaths initially treated as accidents.
- Investigators describe a consistent method of forced drowning in tubs or tanks to mimic accidental household mishaps, with jealousy over the girls’ looks cited as motive.
- The accused is in judicial custody as police revisit earlier cases with Sonipat and Panipat units, pursue forensic reviews and order psychological evaluation; unverified ritual claims are being examined.