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Press Trust of India Bagaha (Bihar)
Last Updated : Feb 09 2014 | 2:00 PM IST
Two children died after their mother allegedly threw them before a speeding train and herself fell near the tracks and got injured at a railway crossing in Bihar's Bagaha district, police sources said.
The woman Munni Devi was seen by eyewitnesses as throwing her two children Lalita Kumari (6) and Golu Kumar (3) before the speeding 55201 UP Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur Passenger train near Balmiki Nagar railway crossing, police sources said.
The two siblings died on the spot.
The woman herself suffered injuries after tripping near the track, the sources said, adding the bodies had been sent for post-mortem and the injured woman admitted to a hospital.
A probe was on to ascertain her motive.

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First Published: Feb 09 2014 | 2:00 PM IST

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