Raigad (Maharashtra): A 25-year-old mother has been arrested in Maharashtra's Raigad district for allegedly killing her two children as she wanted to live with her boyfriend, police said here.
According to the Mandwa police, the woman identified as Shital Sadanand Pole was arrested on Tuesday.
Pole lived with her husband Sadanand Pole and two children, Aradhya (6) and Sarthak (3), at Kihim.
On March 31, both children were found dead. The Mandwa police registered a case of accidental death, and the bodies were sent to J.J. Hospital in Mumbai.
During the investigation, the police called both parents and the boyfriend for questioning.
They noticed inconsistency in the statement by Shital Pole, who confessed to the crime.
She said she killed her two children by suffocating their nose and mouth with a towel. She claimed she did it for her lover, who refused to take responsibility of her children.
