Bihar: Gopalganj woman kills 3 daughters after tiff with husband, arrested

PATNA: One Noorjahan Nisan (30) allegedly killed three of her four daughters by drowning them in a pond at Gaura Chowk under the Kateya police station area in Gopalganj district on Friday night. She reportedly took the step after a tiff with her husband, who lives abroad, and was arrested from her native village, Laxmipur Babu in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday.
The SHO of Kateya police station, Suman Kumar Mishra, told TOI on Saturday that Noorjahan’s fourth daughter, Afrina Khatoon (5), managed to survive as she was spotted by some villagers and rescued.She was immediately rushed to a hospital where her health was stated to be stable. “The deceased have been identified as Gulabsa Khatoon (8), Nusaba Khatoon (3), and Saheba Khatoon (2.5),” he added.
According to police sources, Noorjahan, who lived with her in-laws and daughters in Kotwa Khas village under the Kateya police station area, had a fight with her husband, Aslam Alam, over the phone on Friday night.
“In a fit of rage, she packed all her belongings and left for Laxmipur Babu in Kushinagar with her four daughters. She, however, threw the girls in a nearby pond and fled the scene. Luckily, the villagers heard their screams and rescued one of them,” Mishra said, adding that police received information about the incident at 9pm on Friday.
The three bodies were fished out from the pond and sent to the sadar hospital for postmortem.
“As soon as we were informed that the woman was at her native village in Kushinagar, a police team arrested her,” Mishra said and added that the case was being investigated.