Bihar: Woman kills four kids, self in Nawada village

PATNA: A woman allegedly committed suicide after poisoning her four minor children in a fit of rage following a tiff with her aged mother-in-law in Nawada.
The matter came to light after their bodies were spotted in Haldia dam near Bhaur village under Rajauli police station area of the Nawada district on Wednesday morning.
Rajauli police station SHO Darbari Choudhary said the deceased were identified as Nirmala Devi (30) and her children Neetu Kumari (12), Nisha Kumari (10), Chandni Kumari (8) and Rupesh Kumar (8).
Chaudhary said they hailed from Kasiyadih of Bandhi panchayat under Sirdalla police station area in Nawada district.
He said prima facie it seems the woman first fed poison-laced snacks to her children. “When it started showing effect, she threw them one by one in the dam and later committed suicide by consuming the same poison and jumping into the water,” the SHO said.
He said Nirmala with her children had left home by wearing new clothes after having a fight with her mother-in-law. “Police have come to know that both used to fight on petty issues. Her husband Sunil Kumar is a truck driver and is in Odisha. Sunil’s unmarried younger brother is also a truck driver. They mostly remain outside and the woman used to live with the two elderly persons at home,” he said.
Choudhary said that except Neetu’s body, the rest four were spotted by the villagers. He said the bodies were identified only after a cellphone was recovered from Nirmala's blouse. Police later located her home but her in-laws were not there.
A villager, Nand Kishore Saw, said the woman along with her children had left home around 9am on Tuesday. “When some of her neighbours asked where they were going, Nirmala told them that there was a marriage in her sister’s family and they were going there to attend it,” he said.
Saw said her sister lives at Amjhari, which is hardly 6km from Kasiyadih. He said the dam is around 14km from Kasiyadih.