Telangana: Upset with spouse, female drowns four kids

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HYDERABAD: A woman, who was upset with her husband, allegedly pushed her four children into Kalwakurthy lift irrigation canal before she
attempted suicide in Nagarkurnool district
Cops said three children died, while a seven-month-old baby boy is yet to be traced
However, she survived the suicide bid
Nagarkurnool district police said the incident took place at Manganoor village
Lalitha, mother of the children, had a strained relationship with her husband Sarabanda
"Unable to live with him any more, she decided to kill her children first and then end her life," district police said
She took her children to a local canal, where she pushed her four children
Subsequently, she also jumped into the water
"But, a villager saw the woman struggling in the water
The locals came to her rescue and pulled her out of the water
By then, her four children went missing in the water," police said
According to police, the bodies of five-year-old Maha Lakshmi, four-year-old Charita and three-year-old Manjula were fished out of the water
by expert swimmers, while they launched an operation to trace their seven-month-old brother, Kondaiah
Police reached the spot and took the woman into custody and registered a case against her.