Bokaro: A woman killed her three minor children by throwing them into a well before taking her own life by jumping in it in the district, police said.
Kalawati Devi (28) took her three children -- Kajal (7), Payal (6) and Amar (2) -- near a well and threw them into it at Lalmatia village, officer-in-charge of Chandrapura police
station, Ramji Mahato, told newsmen.
Kalawati then committed suicide by jumping into the well, he said.
Her husband was not present at the time of the incident, he added.
A family dispute could be behind the tragedy, he said .
PTI
First Published: Monday, August 23, 2010, 13:22