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2 Sisters, Along With Their Young Children, Commit Suicide By Jumping Before Train

IANS, 26 May, 2017 12:59 PM
    Two sisters in their twenties along with their three children allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train in Dausa district of Rajasthan.
     
     
    The women, married to two brothers in Dharmpuri village in Alwar's Rajgarh town, had left their house early in the morning after a dispute with their husbands' parents and committed suicide, SHO Mandawar police station Brijesh Kumar Meena told .
     
     
    The women were identified as Hema, 25, and Babita, 22. Ms Hema's two-year-old son, Babita's daughter of the same age, and six-month old son also died in the incident.
     
     
    They were run over by the Ahmedabad-Agra Fort train Thursday morning, he said.
     
     
    The bodies have been shifted to a local hospital for post-mortem and the matter is being investigated, Mr Meena said.

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