Woman kills 3 daughters, commits suicide in Churu

JAIPUR: A 26-year-old woman allegedly threw three of her four daughters into a pond at her agriculture farm and then committed suicide by consuming pesticide in Taranagar police station area of Churu district. The bodies were spotted on Friday morning.
Though, the police are yet to confirm what exactly led to the incident, they did not rule out the possibility of the woman being depressed due to birth of four girls.The fourth daughter who is alive was with her grandparents.
According to the police, the incident took place in Baniyala village. The deceased woman, identified as Indra Devi, had gone to their farm along with her three daughters Babali, (1), Aaina (3) and Manisha (5). Indra's husband Rajendra Kumar, is a farmer.
"She has another daughter who was with her grandparents at the time of the incident," said Suresh Sharma SHO, Taranagar.
He added that the bodies of the three girls were recovered from a pond situated in the farm on Friday morning.
"Indra's body was lying near the pond. A police team also recovered a pesticide bottle near her body. We are yet to receive the post-mortem report, however, the preliminary investigation suggests that she died due to poison," the officer said.
"There were no family feuds, no financial crisis and other apparent problems. However, it might be possible that the woman was depressed due to birth of four daughters. We are taking the statement of her family members and neighbours. Further investigation is going on," the officer added.