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'Poverty-stricken' woman kills baby, self

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NAWALPARASI, June 15: A mother killed her baby before committing suicide allegedly due to poverty in Nawalparasi Tuesday morning.



The deceased have been identified as Kaushila Bhar (22) and her one-year-old daughter Anjali. [break]



According to District Police Office, Nawalparasi, Kaushila first threw her baby in a pond near her home and later she jumped into it.



Neighbours suspected that a family dispute could be the reason behind the suicide. Kaushila’s husband is a daily-wage earner.



Meanwhile, Hira Bahadur Mahato (33) of Kumarbarti fell off his bicycle and died. Police said he died on the spot after he fell off the cycle and his head collided with a culvert on the roadside at Dholki of Kolhuwa VDC.



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