Woman hangs self with two children. Upset over the death of her husband.

BENGALURU: Upset over the death of her husband, a woman murdered her six-year-old daughter and ended her life along with her 15-year-old son.

The incident took place in Madanayakanahalli police station limits on the outskirts of the city on Friday evening. The deceased are Vasantha (40), Yashwant, and Nishchita. The family lived in Prakruthi Layout in Bengaluru North



taluk.

Police said the incident came to light on Friday evening. While the bodies of the mother and daughter were found hanging from the ceiling fan in a room, Yashwant's body was found hanging in another room. "Preliminary probe revealed that Vasantha was depressed after her husband, a BMTC driver, died due to Covid-19 last year," the Madanayakanahalli police said.