A 35-year-old tribal woman allegedly killed her two children in Sohagpur town of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Sunday.
The woman's husband told police she was undergoing treatment for a mental ailment, an official said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police BD Pandey said, "Accused Guddan's husband Ramprasad Baiga has told us that he had gone to a nearby river in the morning. When he returned, he found his son Rahul (5) and daughter Kajal (7) in a pool of blood outside the house."