Mother, son burned to death in Darbhanga

A woman and her son, who was a student of an engineering college, were burned to death today in Bihar's Darbhanga town.

Sumitra Devi (40) and Mukesh Kumar (22) were charred to death at their house in Shubhankanpur area of the district headquarters town in the wee hours.

"The neighbours saw flames leaping out of their house around 4 am and informed the Fire Brigade which doused the flame. Both of them had died by then," Station House Officer of Darbhanga (Town) police station Vipin Kumar told reporters.

Traces of kerosene were found in the room where the bodies were lying and the main entrance of the house was locked from outside, he said.

Mukesh, a student of an engineering college at Raigarh in Uttar Pradesh, had come home three days ago and his two sisters were away at a relative's place in Bhagwandas Mohalla in the town when the incident took place.

Whether it is a case of suicide or murder would be known only after investigation, Vipin Kumar said, adding the two sisters were being questioned.