A 27 year old married woman committed suicide alongwith her two children by jumping into Ganga river on Tuesday evening. Two bodies of the woman and one child were fished out by the divers of Haridwar police on Wednesday from Pathri power house. No suicide note has been recovered so far from the dead bodies, say the police.
The deceased have been identified as Neetu Rani, 27 and her 5 year old son Abhinav. The lady was a resident of village Sikrora in Bhagwanpur village of Roorkee. The body of 8 months old son Saksham could not be traced so far for which the hunt is on. Generally the bodies get stuck in the wire net spread near the Pathri power house.
As per an eye witness Neetu lived with her husband Sunil Kumar in Bahadrabad area in a rented house. She was sitting with her two kids at the bank of ganga canal in Bahadrabad on Tuesday evening lost in thoughts. Suddenly she jumped into the river with children. locals informed the police but inspite of efforts by the Jal police, they could not be saved. On Wednesday morning two bodies were recovered from the canal.
Speaking to the Pioneer, SO Amar Chand of Bahadrabad police station said, “The woman jumped into the river with her five year old son Abhinav and eight months old Saksham. Two Bodies were recovered and sent to the district hospital for autopsy. The body of Saksham could not be traced so far. No suicide note has been recovered so far. We have informed the parents of the deceased and investigating the matter as to why the woman was forced to take the extreme step to end her life.”