Updated Dec 12, 2020 | 14:43 IST
The victim Ranjana left the home with her three children after her husband Sripath married another woman and brought her home without informing her. The bodies of the victims were discovered when some villagers went inside the jungle to collect wood. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The bodies of the victims were discovered when some villagers went inside the jungle to collect wood
Padgha police have booked Ranjana s husband Sripath and his second wife Savita
Mumbai: In a shocking incident reported from Bhiwandi taluka of Thane district in Maharashtra, a woman and her three kids were found hanging from a tree in Umberkhand forest on Thursday. All four were missing for the last two months.
Missing woman & her three children found hanging from tree
On Friday evening, the police registered a case under sections 498 (A) (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 306 (abetment to suicide and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code against Sripath and Savita. December 12, 2020 3:48:38 am
Villagers near spot where bodies were found. (Express Photo)
Nearly two months after they went missing, the decomposed bodies of a 30-year-old woman and her three children were on Thursday found hanging from a tree in a forest at Umberkhand in Bhiwandi taluka.
The deceased have been identified as Ranjana Bangari and her children Darshana (12), Rohit (9) and Rohini (6).