Akola, Maharashtra:
A woman allegedly smothered her two children to death and then attempted suicide by hanging herself at their home in Akola city, police said today.
28-year-old Swati Jain smothered to death her two children - Tanwi (6) and Tanish (3) - with a pillow at their home in Shastri Nagar area of the city last night, they said.
She then inflicted several injuries on herself suspectedly with a sharp blade and later attempted suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan. However, as she could not tie the noose properly and fell down.
When Swati's husband Ashok Jain (35), who works with a private company in Akola, returned from work and did not get any response on ringing the door bell, he broke it open and found his wife lying in a pool of blood.
The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital where she is battling for life, while the bodies have been sent for autopsy.
A case has been registered in this regard, police said.
Though the exact reason behind the incident was yet to be ascertained, sources said the couple had a quarrel on January 14.