Woman hurls kids into Goa river, then jumps in India Blooms News Service Panaji, Mar 1 (IBNS) In a dramatic episode, a troubled mother in her late thirties reportedly hurled her toddlers into Zuari River before jumping in behind them Wednesday evening.
After more than 18 hours of rescue operation, police fished out body of Selja Naik (38) at about 4:29 pm on Thursday. The recovery search for her two children is still on. According to eye-witnesses, the woman was seen on the Borim Bridge in Ponda taluka at about 7:45pm Wednesday. Seeing nobody around her, the woman who lost her husband Vishant to suicide two months ago, pushed her children in the river and jumped off the bridge subsequently. The eyewitnesses raised an alarm and called the police and fire brigade. The incident has shocked the locals. Ponda police said the woman was mentally disturbed and had stopped socializing with people after she lost her husband. (Reporting by John Edwards) http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2012/newsDetails010312y.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
