Man kills 4 children by throwing them in a well in Ahilyanagar, dies by suicide

Prima-facie, the police suspect that Arun allegedly threw his children in a well in Korhale village following a domestic dispute with his wife. He then killed himself in the same well, police said.

Kale was from Chikhali village in Shrigonda taluka of Ahilyanagar district. His wife Shilpa left home over some quarrels she had had with her husband and went to her maternal house in Yeola in Nashik district. Their children studied at an Ashram school in Ahilyanagar.

Police said Kale was upset because his wife had refused to come back to him. On Saturday, he took his children from the Ashram school on the pretext of cutting their hair. However, he instead took them on his motorcycle and headed towards his wife to get her back.

On reaching Korhale village in Rahata taluka, he had called his wife on mobile phone, but she did not respond to his calls and even blocked his cell number.

As a result, he got upset and threw his children one by one in the well and jumped into it.

Somnath Gharge, Superintendent of Ahilyanagar District police, said that the incident came to light after some persons spotted a body in the well and found a motorcycle near the spot. Soon the police were informed about it and a team from Rahata police station reached the spot to investigate.

Police identified Kale and contacted his wife. Police said during a conversation with his wife, it was found he had warned he would die by suicide.

The bodies of Kale and his four children were removed from the well and taken to a hospital for postmortem. Further investigation was launched to confirm the sequence of events that led to the incident, police said.