A woman threw her five children into Ganga but it was not due to starvation

In a shocking incident on Sunday, a woman threw her five children into the Ganga river in Jeghangirabad in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district. As soon as the police were informed, senior police officials reached the spot and divers were pressed into service to locate the children. The woman has been arrested and police officials said that she seemed mentally unsound.


Some earlier reports that claimed the mother threw her children into Ganga due to starvation has been found to be false.
According to police, she had a fight with her husband.

"Our priority is to rescue the children as soon as possible, We will carry out other investigations later," said a police official.

(An earlier version of the story picked up from a newswire has been pulled down after a fact-checking portal showed that the information was incorrect)