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Five children were feared dead after they were taken to Jehangirabad ghat and pushed into Ganga river by their mother in Bhadohi district in the early hours of Sunday.
Later, the woman too tried to kill herself by jumping into the river but was swept away to the bank by the current.
Upon reaching her home, the woman informed her neighbours of the incident, who in turn informed the police. Later senior officials rushed to the spot and divers were pressed into service to trace out the missing children.
The woman was arrested and the police said that she seemed to be mentally unsound. Her husband, who had left for his workplace to Jharkhand on Saturday night, later returned home.
The woman also told her neighbours that she and her children were on the verge of starvation due to the lockdown and since she was a daily wager, due to lack of work she did not have any money left in the house.
However, some locals claimed that the woman had an argument with her husband over meeting out daily expenses and feed the children after which he left for Jharkhand.
As per reports, Mridul Yadav aka Munna of Jehangirabad area was living with his wife Manju Yadav and five children — Shanker (6), Keshav (3), Arti (11) , Saraswati (7) and Mateshwari (5). Early Sunday morning, while Munna was away, his wife took all five children to Jahengirabad ghat and threw them in the river before jumping into the river.
She, however, swam across but the children were feared dead. She kept sitting there for some time before returning home and narrating the tragedy to her neighbours.
The police were making all efforts to recover the children but failed to get any success till late Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile in Aligarh, a woman, who lost her husband in a road accident three days back, committed suicide by hanging herself on Sunday morning.
Kavita (32) of Maugra locality of Etah was married to Sonu of Mudhail area of Aligarh in 2009 and the couple later had two children – Pawan and Reena,
Last Thursday, Sonu met with a road accident and died. After learning of her husband’s death, Kavita slipped into depression and on Sunday morning, her body was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her room by family members. She was rushed to a hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
A case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy.