Chhattisgarh: Woman jumps into well with two children in Korba, all die
Korba (PTI) A 23-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well along with her two children at a village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Friday.
The bodies of Girja Bai, her two-year-old daughter Sania and six-month-old son Siddhant, were found floating in the waters of the well near their house in Mangamar village under Dipka police station limits on Thursday, an official said.
As per preliminary investigation, Girja had left the house with her children in the early hours of Thursday, while other family members were asleep. The woman took the children to the well and jumped into it with them, he said.
A search was subsequently launched and the bodies were found floating inside the well, the official added.
Girja was suffering from a mental illness and availing of treatment for it, he said, adding that further investigation is underway.
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Man dragged into river by crocodile in Vadodara; search ops underway
Vadodara (PTI): A 22-year-old man was dragged into a river by a crocodile in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Thursday and search operations are currently underway to locate him, a police official said.
The incident took place at 1:30pm when Mithun Vasava, a resident of Kagdipara village, had gone to take a dip in Dev river amid the stifling heat, the official told PTI.
"The crocodile suddenly attacked the man and dragged him into the river. Search operations are currently underway to locate Vasava," the official added.
