Madhya Pradesh: Three dead as mother sets herself ablaze along with kids

Satna: Three were charred to death on Tuesday when a woman set herself afire along with her two minor children, whom she allegedly tied to a pyre made at her house in Pahadi village here, police said.

The woman in her 30s, Vindhyeshwari Gautam killed herself and her children this afternoon after she prepared a pyre out of wooden logs and cow dung in her house and tied her son Vivek (12) and Shrishti (6) to it. She poured kerosene all over and then lied down before she lit up the pyre, District Additional Superintendent of Police Rameshwar Yadav said.

The alleged suicide took place when her husband Bablu Gautam was out, police said.

Gautam had gone to drop Vindhyeshwari's younger sister home.

"Initial investigations suggest that family discord prompted Vindhyeshwari to take the extreme step, the official said.

A case has been registered, the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further probe is underway, the ASP added.