CUDDALORE: The

mahila court judge (in-charge) S Mahalakshmi on Thursday sentenced a woman to undergo

for murdering her two

. The two life terms will run concurrently. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 on her.

Special public prosecutor K Selvapriya said the woman, identified as Saibabu, 44, of Pudukulam Colony at Kothandaramapuram, had married Venkatesan 10 years ago. The couple begot two sons – V Gojan, 7 and V Gokul, 6. Venkatesan died some years ago and his wife and sons continued to live in the marital home.

The prosecution said Saibabu had received money from many people in the locality but failed to pay them back. When the people started demanding her to repay the money, she shifted to a different house at Subbramaniapuram. However, the people who lent her money traced her house and demanded money. The woman later moved into her sister- in-law’s house in another locality along with her sons.

Unable to settle the money she received from many people, Saibabu decided to

her sons and to go into hiding.

On July 17, 2017, she left her in-law’s house under the pretext of dropping her sons in the school. On reaching a well in the locality, she pushed her two sons into it. Two villagers - R Thenmozhi and G Kannusamy - saw her pushing the children into the well and raised alarm.

The woman panicked and jumped into the well in a bid to commit suicide. However, she survived.