Beed woman, paramour elope; leave children behind

A 26-year-old married woman has allegedly eloped with her paramour, leaving behind three of her four minor children in Maharashtras Beed district, police said on Sunday. She left home with her youngest child and allegedly eloped with the man on Friday, a police official said.

A 26-year-old married woman has allegedly eloped with her paramour, leaving behind three of her four minor children in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said on Sunday. Her paramour, aged 27, is also married and has two children, they said. The woman, who lived with her family in a village in Kaij tehsil, developed a close relationship with the man, who resided in the same neighbourhood and was related to her family, according to the police. She left home with her youngest child and allegedly eloped with the man on Friday, a police official said. Relatives of both individuals have lodged separate missing person complaints at Yusufwadgaon police station, he said. The police were probing the matter.