Daijiworld Media Network – Kalaburagi (MS)
Kalaburagi, Oct 24: In a tragic incident that occurred at Madkal village of Alanda taluk here on the morning of Sunday, October 24, a mother jumped into a well after throwing three of her daughters into it.
While mother Lakshmi Elake and her two daughters Gauramma (6), Savithri (1) died, four-year-old Eshwari was rescued by the locals.
Sources said that Lakshmi's husband and in-laws were harassing her as she bore three daughters and no son.
Dejected by the repeated nagging of the in-laws and husband, she killed herself and the daughters by jumping into the well on the outskirts of the village, sources said.
Nimbarga police station personnel visited the spot and registered a complaint.