Lucknow/Ayodhya, May 3 -- Four children were allegedly bludgeoned to death inside their house in Ambedkar Nagar district and an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections relating to murder and causing hurt by poison has been registered against the mother who is reportedly missing, police said on Saturday.

According to police, the incident came to light around 3pm on Saturday in the Miranpur locality under Akbarpur police station limits, when locals alerted police as the house remained locked since morning. A police team rushed to the spot and found the blood-soaked bodies of the children, aged between seven and 14, on a bed in the house, police said.

Police said the children - Shafiq (14), Saud (10), Umar (8) and Sadiya (7) - appeared ...