In a shocking incident, a woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a pond with her three-year-old son in Bajali district of Assam.

The deceased woman has been identified as 30-year-old Malabika Deka, wife of Mahadev Barman (posted as Constable, ITBP, Uttarakhand).

The woman jumped into a public pond along with her 3-year-old son at Naginipar area under Sarupeta Police Out Post in Bajali district of Assam.

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The bodies of the mother-son duo have been recovered from the pond by the SDRF late on Thursday night.

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The woman committed suicide after an altercation with her husband Mahadev over some family issue, police said.

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Meanwhile, the family member of the woman has file an FIR against her husband at Sarupeta Police Out Post.

The victim’s body has been sent for post-mortem to the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College in Barpeta.

Further investigation into the case is underway.

 

Sasanka Talukdar is Northeast Now Correspondent in Pathsala. He can be reached at: [email protected]