A 32-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after poisoning her two children at a village in East Godavari district, police said on Sunday.
The deceased identified as G Suryakala (32) and her two sons – Ghanaeswara (14) and Lokesh (11) – were found dead at their residence in Old Gigolupadu village last night in Kakinada sub-division, Inspector (crime) S Muralikrishna Reddy said.
The woman first gave pesticide to her two sons and later consumed it, the officer said, adding, during the incident Suryakala’s husband, Venkata Ravikumar, was sleeping in another room in an inebriated condition.
While the woman and Lokesh died on the spot, the other boy died enroute to hospital.
On hearing the cries of the kids, neighbours came to the trio’s rescue and rushed them to a nearby hospital, he said.
The reason why the woman took the extreme step is yet to be ascertained and the bodies have been sent to government general hospital for post-mortem.
A case has been registered in this regard and further investigations were on, the officer added.