WOMAN JUMPS INTO WELL WITH 4 MINOR KIDS, ALL DIE

KANPUR : A woman threw her four minor children into a well before jumping into it, at a village in Lalitpur district late Monday evening, police said. The incident happened in Uldana Khurd village of Madanpur police area. All of them died, they said adding that their bodies have been taken out and were sent for post mortem. “The immediate cause behind taking the extreme step is not known. We are speaking to her husband and other family members,” said SP Lalitpur Mirza Manzar Beg.

KANPUR: A woman threw her four minor children into a well before jumping into it, in a village close to Madhya Pradesh border, in Lalitpur district, late on Monday evening. The incident happened in Uldana Khurd village of Madanpur police area.

All of them died, the police said. Their bodies have been taken out and were being sent for a post-mortem examination, the police said.

“The immediate cause behind taking the extreme step is not known. We are speaking to her husband and other family members,” said SP Lalitpur Mirza Manzar Beg.

The victims were identified as Vimla Kushwaha, 27, her daughter, Arushi (7), son, Nayansh (4), and two-year-old twins Roshan and Abhori.

Vimla’s father-in-law, Karan Singh Kushwaha, informed the Madanpur police after villagers discovered the bodies floating on the surface of the water at around 6.30 pm. The well is less than 100 metres from the house and in the fields of one Dhansa Ahirwar. Vimla’s husband, Rajesh Kushwaha was away in Madavra to buy fertilisers when she jumped into the well, said the police, adding that the couple were married eight years ago and are said to have had strained ties of late.