Woman, son end life after jumping into thermal plant lake in Bathinda

Three members of a debt-ridden family jumped into one of the lakes of the Bathinda thermal plant on Friday. The mother-son duo died while a man was saved by a passerby, the police said on Friday.

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Three members of a debt-ridden family jumped into one of the lakes of the Bathinda thermal plant on Friday. The mother-son duo died while a man was saved by a passerby, the police said on Friday.

Three members of a debt-ridden family jumped into one of the lakes of the Bathinda thermal plant on Friday. The mother-son duo died while a man was saved by a passerby, the police said on Friday.

A 65-year-old woman and her 37-year-old son died due to drowning in the lake, while the 67-year-old man was saved. He was admitted to the civil hospital. The police said, adding that the family was running a printing press that ran into losses forcing them to take the extreme step.

“We have initiated investigation and bodies have been sent for post-mortem. According to relatives, the family was under debt,” said a police official.