A 25-year-old woman was arrested in Mumbai, Maharashtra's Raigad district for allegedly killing her two children because she wanted to be with her boyfriend. The police gave this information on Tuesday.

The woman, Sheetal Pol, allegedly killed her five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son on March 31, an official said.

She said, she wanted to leave her husband and marry the man with whom she was having an affair and she felt that the children were hindering her.

Sheetal allegedly strangled the children on the evening of March 31, when her husband was not at home. When the husband returned he told that they were sleeping.

Finding the children unconscious, the husband took them to Alibaug Civil Hospital, where both were declared dead.

During interrogation, the police found inconsistencies in Sheetal's statement about the incident. He eventually confessed to his crime, the officer said.

The man with whom she had an illicit relationship was also interrogated.

A court on Tuesday granted his three-day custody to the police and further investigation is underway, the official said.