Woman throws 5 children in well in Gujarat; 4 of them drown
Ahmedabad, Oct 16: Battling poverty, a woman allegedly threw her five children into a well, leading to the death of four of them, before she herself jumped into it in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, police said Tuesday.
The woman and one of her children survived in the incident which took place Monday night at Panchpipla village in Bhavnagar, an official at Alang police station said.
The woman appeared mentally disturbed and claimed "she saw ghosts whenever she closed her eyes," he said.
Gitaben Bhalia (40) left her home at Royal village in Bhavnagar Monday evening after telling her husband Dharmsinh Bhalia that she was taking her five children to visit a temple at the nearby Panchpipla village, he said.
After reaching Panchpipla, located around 170 km from here, she threw her five children into the well and then herself jumped into it, he said.
Four of the children - a daughter and three sons aged between 1.5 and 7 years - drowned, while the woman and her eldest daughter, aged 8, survived, the official said.
Some villagers raised an alarm and called the police Monday night after which the bodies were fished out from the well, he said.
The woman was arrested and booked under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder), the official said.
He said during interrogation, the woman, whose husband is a farm labourer, mentioned that she was fed up with life as she was unable to look after her children due to poverty.
She also suffered from weak eyesight which compounded her problems, he said.
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Iran warns of ‘uncontrollable consequences’ after energy site strike
Qatar warns residents of ‘Elavated’ threat
Tehran/Doha: Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian has warned that attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure could lead to “uncontrollable consequences” affecting the entire world.
In a post on X, Pezeshkian said he “strongly condemns” the strikes that targeted the South Pars gasfield earlier in the day.
“Such aggressive actions will not achieve anything for the American Zionist enemy and their supporters. Rather, they will complicate the situation and could lead to uncontrollable consequences that will affect the entire world,” he said.
Meanwhile, Qatar’s Ministry of Interior has urged residents to remain indoors due to what it described as an elevated security threat.
Authorities have not provided further details, but the advisory comes amid growing concerns over the safety of energy infrastructure and civilian areas in the region.
