Woman & two minor children found hanging at home

A 24-year-old woman with her two minor children was found hanging in their home in Jharkhand's Palamu district, a police officer said.

The Officer-in-Charge of Nilambar-Pitambar police station, Gautam Kumar Rai said the woman was identified as Rinku Devi of Basaura village. Her body was found hanging in a room while the bodies of her two children - son Kaju (4) and daughter Sapna (2) - were found in the adjacent room on Tuesday evening, the police officer said.

Nobody was at home when the incident occurred.

The incident came to light when their mother-in-law of Rinku returned home from the market and found the bodies hanging, he said.

The incident was stated to be a fallout of a family feud, police said.

Police have started an investigation into it, the officer added.