A woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district allegedly threw her five children into the Ganga following an argument with her husband, police said on Sunday, 12 April.
The bodies of two of the five children - Aarti (12) and Saraswati (10) - were fished out on Sunday, and those of two more on Monday.
"The bodies of Maateshwari (8) and Shivshankar (6) were fished out on Monday. Efforts are on to fish out the body of Keshav," Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh said.
Manju and her husband Mridul Yadav often quarrelled but this time she threw her children into the river in Jahangirabad village, SP Singh said, adding that a murder case been registered against Manju Yadav on the complaint of her husband Mridul Yadav at Gopiganj police station. "Manju has been arrested," the SP said.
When the woman came to the ghat on Saturday evening, her children raised an alarm but the fishermen there fled, believing her to be a witch. After throwing her children, she sat at the ghat until morning and informed the villagers about the incident, the police said.
The district magistrate denied reports that the woman threw the children into the river because she could not find food during the ongoing lockdown.
“The woman and her family members have not mentioned any such thing,” District Magistrate Rajendra Prasad said.
“I deny such reports. Action will be initiated against those spreading fake news,” he added.
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