Woman throws kids into well after hubby remarries

Daltonganj: A mother threw her two minor girls into a well in Palamu in a fit of rage after her husband married another woman. On Sunday, Chhaterpur police recovered the bodies of two minor girls from the well at Kachanpur village. The deceased were identified as Sonam Kumari (6) and Pari Kumari (4). Police sources said the girls were thrown early in the morning on Sunday.
A police officer of Chhaterpur police station, Nilamber Yadav, said, “We have detained the mother, Anita Devi. She confessed to us that she had thrown her daughters into the well and was repenting for what she did.”
Police said she was left by her husband, Arjun Yadav, and lives with her parents at Kachanpur. Police said that Yadav married another woman and lives with his second wife.
Asked if Yadav, a marginal farmer, took care for her or the daughters, police said he had given a chunk of land to Anita to sustain themselves.