Kolkata: In a shocking incident, a mother killed her two children and took her own life in West Bengal’s Malda district. The incident took place on Monday, the first day of Durga Puja. Following the development, a pall of gloom has descended in Old Malda in Malda district.

According to the police, the mother strangled her 7-year-old son and 6-month-old daughter to death, and then committed suicide by hanging herself. The mother has been identified as Rupali Haldar (28). The deceased son’s name is Ayan Haldar.

On receiving the information, the officers from Malda police station went to the spot and recovered the three bodies. Later, all three bodies were sent for an autopsy.

According to police sources, Rupali and her husband Asit Halder had been living in Gangarampur, her father’s house

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