Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 1 -- A day after two siblings, aged five and three, were found dead from drowning at their home, their mother was arrested and charged with murder, a police officer familiar with the case said on Wednesday.

The incident was reported on Tuesday in Kozhinjambara in Keralam's Palakkad district.

Jennifer Juliet (5) and her brother Robin Christopher (3) were found dead in a water tub inside the bathroom of their rented home in Menonpara around 10.30 am on Tuesday.

Their mother Nivedya told the police initially that she was engaged in some domestic work in front of their home and went inside the bathroom to find her children dead by drowning. The kids' father John Kumar was out for work.

Police said that while they ...