Woman haunted by spirits attempts ending it all

A woman attempted to kill herself with her five children by jumping into the well in a village in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district because she believes that she was being “haunted by spirits”. 

However according to reports she was facing financial difficulties, police said on Tuesday.

Reports said some villagers in Panch Pipla village came to know that a woman was jumping into the well and rushed to her rescue on Monday afternoon. 

She reportedly threw the children into the well one after the other, before jumping in.

They pulled out the woman and her eldest daughter. Personnel of the fire brigade later fished out the bodies of the four other children. 

We have recovered the bodies of four siblings, including two brothers and two sisters, aged between one and a half year and eight years from a well, an official of Bhavnagar Police said.

Their mother Geeta Bhaliya and eldest daughter, Dharmistha (10), were rescued, the official added.

Police said Geeta told them that evil spirits haunted her the moment she closed her eyes.

Besides, the family of farm labourers was also facing financial difficulties. 

She told us that the past two years had been extremely difficult for her financially. She said they often could not manage two meals and that spirits did not let her sleep. She wanted to end her life but was worried about what will happen to her children, so she took them along, the official said.

Her husband Dharmshi reportedly told the police Geeta believed that someone had performed black magic on her and that she wanted to come out of all the problems she was facing.

Hindustan