In a shocking incident, a woman reportedly threw her five children into the Ganges before jumping herself due to hunger near the Jahagira Ghat in Bhadohi district in India on Sunday.
According to Indian daily, Hindustan Times, a resident of Jahagira village, had an altercation with his wife Manju who reportedly asked him for money to meet domestic expenses. After some time, she along with her five children went to the riverside and she allegedly pushed the children into the river, before jumping in herself.
Indian media outlets have reported that the altercation between the couple happened due to a lack of money and food amidst the coronavirus lockdown in the country.
While the children, eight-year-old Shiv Shankar, three-year-old Keshav Prasad and six-year-old Saraswati and two others aged 10 and 12 who have not been named are all believed to have drowned, the mother is alleged to have changed her mind after jumping into the river and swam back to the shore.
Some locals, who were working in the nearby fields, rushed to rescue the children but didn’t succeed.
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