Mother jumps into pond with three children in Rajasthan's Bikaner

Jaipur: In a suspected case of suicide, a woman allegedly died along with her three children by jumping into a pond in Rajasthan's Bikaner district, police said Friday.

The incident took place in Swaroopsar village in the Panchu area on Thursday night, they added.

The deceased have been identified as Naini Devi (32), her daughters Urmila (5) and Pooja (4), and son Bhavesh (1), Sub-Inspector Manoj Kumar said.

The incident appears to a suicide but the exact reason behind it is yet to be ascertained, Kumar said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman's husband, father-in-law and elder son had gone to work in the nearby fields at the time of the incident, the SI said.

The bodies have been kept in the mortuary of the hospital for post-mortem, which will be conducted after the consent of their family members, he said.

The SI added that no case has been registered yet.