Woman kills son, commits suicide

A young woman allegedly killed her three-year-old son before committing suicide in Muhara village under Jakhaura police station area here over a family tension, police said today.

Preeti fed poison to her son and two-month-old daughter and later consumed it herself last night.

When Preeti’s husband reached home, he rushed the trio to a community health centre with the help of villagers where the woman and the son later died.

The daughter, who is serious, has been shifted to the district hospital, police said, adding that family tension is said to have driven her to take the extreme step.