VADODARA: A woman threw her two sons in a well to kill them and escape in the Rayanvadia village in Halol taluka of Panchmahal district. The incident took place on Thursday night over a petty squabble in the family.
Pratap Rathwa, a resident of Rayanvadia, told the police that he had gone to the Sura village during the day on Thursday. Rathwa claimed that he returned home in the evening.
At dinner time, he claims, he asked for food.
According to Rathwa, his wife Champa did not reply initially and then picked up a quarrel. Rathwa has stated in his complaint that Champa then called up her father. She later left home with their sons Pradeep (9) and Pratik (7). Rathwa claimed that he believed that Champa would have gone to her father’s residence.
Rathwa told the police that soon after Champa left, he heard commotion from a farm located near their residence. Rathwa rushed to the farm and was told that his wife had thrown the two boys in the well and then escaped.
The villagers informed the police as well as the Halol fire brigade. Firemen fished out the bodies out of the well and they were taken for an autopsy.