Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (RJP)

Puttur, Jul 11: A woman jumped into a pond near her house on Saturday July 9 night, with her child which ended the lives of both.

The incident happened at Kuremajalu of Mundur village near here. Vedavathi (26) and her son Manish (2) are the deceased.

As per details of the case, Vedavathi had been married to Satish Poojary for three years and Manish was born after a year of marriage. On Saturday night all the family members were watching television at home. At one point Satish, Vedavathi and Manish went to the bathroom outside together. Satish returned after his bath. But Vedavathi and Manish were not to be seen.

When the family members and neighbours started searching, they found Vedavathi’s mobile phone near a stream. Then they searched for mother and child everywhere nearby and found the dead bodies in a pond. Fire brigade which arrived later managed to take the bodies from the pond.

No reason for the extreme step is known yet. A case stands registered at Puttur rural police station. Mahesh Prasad, the inspector from Puttur town police station, is in charge of investigations.