Woman, minor daughter die after falling into well

In an incident that took place last night in Kota, a woman and her daughter died after falling into a well. According to the Station House Officer, the woman, carrying her daughter in the arms, could not sense the well without the boundary walls due to darkness.

Kota (Rajasthan): A woman and her daughter died after falling into a well near Apukhedi village in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said Friday.

"The incident took place on Thursday night when Sahiba Bano (35) and her daughter Shalina (4), residents of Kamalpura village, were going to a relative's house in a nearby village and decided to take a shortcut," Station House Officer (SHO), Kamkheda police station, Rajesh Meena said.

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The woman, carrying her daughter in the arms, could not sense the well without the boundary walls due to darkness and fell into it, the SHO added.

The bodies were handed over to the family members on Friday morning after post-mortem, he said.

A case was registered under section 174 (unnatural death) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and further investigation is underway, the SHO said.