Woman, two children found dead in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Feb 4 (IANS) The bodies of a woman and her two children were recovered from a well in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Sunday, police said.

Soni Devi committed suicide by jumping into the well in Gambhardih village along with her four-year-old daughter and one-year-old son, according to police.

While the villagers said she committed suicide, the woman’s brother alleges murder.

According to her brother, she was tortured by her in-laws and was killed along with her children and the bodies were dumped into the well later.

–IANS

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