Keonjhar: In a shocking incident, a woman reportedly killed her two minor sons and then committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of her house in Durukulia village under Champua police limits in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Monday.
The deceased have been identified as Khyanaprabha Nayak, wife of Bhimsen Nayak, and their two minor sons Johnson (4) and Chandan (2).
According to reports, when Samprabha, the elder daughter of the couple, returned from school on Monday she found the door of their house locked from the inside. She then informed her neighbours and sought their help. The neighbours first knocked at the door and when there was no response they tried to break open the door. However, failing to do so, a few of them climbed to the roof of the house and removed a few tiles to see what was inside.
To their shock, they found that Khyanaprabha was hanging from the ceiling of the ceiling, while her minor sons were lying dead on the floor.
At the time of the incident, Bhimsen was at their field, while Khyanaprabha’s father-in-law had gone to Keonjhar town and her mother-in-law had gone to graze the goats.
On being informed about the incident, Champua police reached the spot, sent the bodies for post-mortem and started an investigation. The precise reason why Khyanaprabha took the drastic step is yet to be ascertained.
