India, Feb. 21 -- A 25-year-old woman and her two children were found dead on Friday morning in their hut at Manager Para village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said. A local fish seller was detained for questioning by the police.

Police have identified the deceased as Lakshmi Maddi, her 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. Their bodies were sent to Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital for postmortem examination.

"Lakshmi's husband, a migrant labourer, had been away from home for several months. I went to Lakshmi's home in the morning and found her blood-soaked body wrapped in a blanket. Neighbours, who heard me shout in panic, informed the Muhammad Bazar police station," Lakshmi's sister-in-law Malati Maddi said.

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