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Widow kills children, attempts suicide

A young widow murdered her two kids and attempted suicide in Kolhapur last night.

Police said Meena Arvinda Gaikwad (23), who lived with her two children and mother-in-law at Shahupuri, had struggled to come to terms with her husband's death six months back.

Last night she strangulated her three-month-old daughter Shrutika and three-year-old-son Hrushikesh with a rope. Later, she consumed a poisonous liquid.

The incident came to in light, when Meena's mother-in-law Shashikala returned home, police said.

Meena and the children were taken to the Chhatrapati Pramila Raje Civil Hospital, where the kids were declared dead on admission.

Meena, doctors attending to her said, is recovering.

UNI

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