Woman kills two children and later ends life in Nalgonda

In a shocking incident on festival day, a woman killed her two children and later died by suicide in Telangana’s Nalgonda district, officials said. The incident occurred at Kondamallepally early Monday. According to police, Kanchala Nagalaxmi (27) strangled to death her daughter Avantika (9) and son Bavan Sai (7). She later died by hanging.

Police rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies for autopsy. Police suspect that family disputes led to the tragedy. 

The family hailed from



Bapatla district in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and had migrated to the Nalgonda district for livelihood a few years ago. Nagalaxmi’s husband was working as a construction worker while she was also working as a daily-wage labourer.

Preliminary investigation by police revealed that the woman killed her children and later died by suicide after her husband left the house following an argument with her. Police registered a case and took up an investigation, and informed Nagalaxmi’s relatives in Bapatla district.