The bodies of the children were later recovered by the fire brigade and sent for post mortem.

Unable to feed her children due to poverty, a woman in an Odisha village jumped into a well with her three children on Saturday. According to the villagers, 35-year-old Sobhagini Behera could not feed her children properly due to acute poverty and was in severe distress. The incident has come to light from the Gurujanga village in Angul district.

Villagers say Sobhagini's husband, who was the sole breadwinner for the family is in jail due to a narcotics case. With no source of income, Sobhagini was finding it extremely difficult to feed her three children.

A villager first saw the woman jumping into the well along with her kids. He immediately informed the local fire brigade and alerted others who rushed to rescue the family. However, they could only save the mother as all her three kids died in the well. The mother of three fled the scene after regaining consciousness shortly after being rescued.

The bodies of the children were later recovered by the fire brigade and sent for post mortem. Officers from the local Kishore Nagar police station have registered a case but are yet to ascertain the circumstances which led to the tragic incident. Police is on the lookout for the mother who is absconding.

