In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old woman committed suicide with her two children on Thursday morning by jumping in front of a train at Taltal near Pathsala in lower Assam’s newly created Bajali district.
The woman identified as Minuwara Begum, wife of Hanif Ali, a resident of Rajaghat area under Pathsala police outpost, and their two children died on the spot.
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The children were aged seven and two years.
“It appears to be a case of suicide. The woman and her two minor daughters have succumbed to the injuries,” said a police official.
The police official said that there was some marital discord between the woman and her husband.
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However, what led the woman take the extreme step is still being investigated.
The bodies were recovered from the railway tracks and have been sent for postmortem, the official added.