Last Updated:February 25, 2025, 16:05 IST
The woman after killing her children informed her husband that they had gone missing. The husband then filled a missing complaint of the three children with the police
The police have lodged an FIR against the woman on the basis of the father’s statement.
A mother was arrested for allegedly killing all her three children after an argument with her husband in Samastipur district of Bihar, said the police on Monday.
The 36-year-old Seema Devi first thrashed her children – Tarun (6), Tanya (4) and Tanishq (2) – on the platform of the well and then threw them into the well one by one, reported Hindustan.
The incident took place after the woman had an intense argument with her husband Chandan Mahattha.
The woman then informed Mahattha that the children had gone missing after which he filed a complaint with the police, as reported by NDTV.
After receiving the complaint, the police launched a search operation and the bodies of the children were later recovered from a well near their house.
In a statement, the police said that they took immediate action on the basis of the information received and “the bodies of the three children were recovered from the well near the house. During the investigation, Seema Devi admitted her crime. As a result, she was arrested and further action is being taken”.
The bodies were handed over to the family after the post-mortem and the cremation was carried out.
The police lodged an FIR after recording the statement of the father of the children. The woman confessed to the crime during the police interrogation.