Unable to Afford Kids Study at CBSE School, Woman Ends Life With Daughter in Maharashtra

Latur: In a heart-wrenching incident that surfaced in Maharashtra’s Latur district, a 26-year-old woman allegedly ended her and her five-year-old daughter's life by jumping into a well, as she was unable to afford her two children’s study at a CBSE-affiliated school. The incident took place on Wednesday, which sent a shock wave across the district. On information, the local police rushed to the spot and retrieved the body of the two from the well and shifted them to the mortuary for post-mortem.

A senior police official stated that the incident took place at Malegaon in Nilanga tehsil of central Maharashtra's Latur district about two days ago. After the incident, an accidental death report was registered at Aurad Shahajani police station on Wednesday and a probe was initiated.

Police Have Initiated a Probe

The police have identified the deceased as Bhagyashree Venkat Halse (26) and Samiksha Venkat Halse (5). It is being said that the woman's husband owns one-and-half acres of land and the family's livelihood depended mainly on herding goats.

As per preliminary probe, Bhagyashree wanted to send her son and daughter to a CBSE-affiliated school, which was beyond her husband's means. She would often be depressed because of this, her family members told police.

She had lost her mother last year and it too contributed to her depression, family members told police.

On Tuesday evening, around 5:30 pm, she went to a well owned by another farmer with her daughter. From there she made a video call to her husband Venkat Halse, asking him to see the daughter's face for the last time, and then jumped into the well with the girl.

The two bodies were retrieved by the police later with the help of local residents.

The woman had also tried to take her son, who was playing, to the well along with her, but he slipped away and thus had an escape, according to the family members.

Further probe is underway.