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Mother poisons her three children to death in Bihar

Aurangabad, May 14 (UNI) A woman on Wednesday administered poison to her four children, leading to the deaths of three of them, and she also tried to commit suicide following a domestic dispute under the Bandeya police station area in Aurangabad district of Bihar.
Police said here that a heated altercation erupted between Ravi Bind and his wife, Sony Devi, over some domestic issues. In the heat of the moment, Sony administered poison to her four children, and three of them died while she also tried to commit suicide by consuming poison, police added.
" All four children administered poison were rushed to the hospital, where three of them were declared brought dead ", police said, adding that one child was undergoing treatment in the district hospital of Aurangabad. Sony was also being treated while the bodies of children were sent for postmortem, police informed.
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