According to police authorities in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district, a lady and her five kids reportedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train after a domestic argument.
They claimed the event happened between Wednesday and Thursday night near a railway crossing between Mahasamund and Belsonda, around 55 kilometres from the state capital.
As per preliminary information, Uma Sahu (45), a native of Bemcha village, had a quarrel with her husband.
After the tiff, the woman along with her daughters – Annapurna (18), Yashoda (16), Bhumika (14), Kumkum (12) and Tulsi (10) – rushed to the railway tracks and took the extreme step, told Mahasamund Additional Superintendent of Police Megha Tembhurkar Sahu.
After being alerted in the morning, a police team went to the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem, she said.
“Prima facie, it seems the woman had a fight with her husband following which she took the extreme step along with her daughters,” Sahu said.
No suicide note has been found so far and an investigation into the case is underway, she added.
