Lucknow/Ayodhya, May 3 -- Four children between the age of seven and 14 years were allegedly bludgeoned to death inside their house in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district, while their mother is reportedly missing, police said on Saturday. The incident in the Miranpur locality within the Akbarpur police station limits came to light around 3pm on Saturday, 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 on a bed in the house, officials said. Police said the children appeared to have been killed by repeated blows with a blunt object, possibly a brick. Deputy inspector general, Ayodhya range, Somen Barma said, "We received information around 3pm that the bodies of four children were lying in a house. Police teams immediately reached the spot and launched an investigation." P3...