Upset with the dispute with her in-laws, a woman in Hamirpur district allegedly killed her son before ending her own life.
The local police registered a case and sent the body for post-mortem.
Further investigations are on.
According to reports, the woman forced her 5-year-old son to eat powdered glass on Wednesday evening. Later, she also consumed the glass and ended her own life.
The deceased woman was identified as Soni Nishad and her son as Shani.
The woman's husband, Bhola, was not at home when the incident took place.
Reports said the victim had a tiff with her in-laws after which she shifted to her parents ' house. For the last 6-7 months, Soni had been living with her parents and had refused to return to her in-laws.
The incident came to light when the woman's mother, Marri, who works as a cook at a basic school, came home and saw her daughter and her son lying in an unconscious state.
The woman raised an alarm and the cops were informed. The mother-son duo were taken to the district hospital where Soni breathed her last during treatment while her son was pronounced dead on arrival.
Reports said that the woman committed suicide as she was upset over in-laws skipping her daughter's 'chhati' ceremony.
Inspector Tara Singh told media persons, "The locals stated that Soni was upset as neither her husband nor her in-laws had attended a 'chhati' ceremony for her daughter. Besides, she was undergoing several hardships in taking care of her three children."
Initial investigation revealed that Soni forced her son to take the powdered glass and consumed the same herself.