Four members of a family, including a woman and two small children, were found dead in Tivli village in Malegaon taluka of Washim district.
Officials said that the deceased husband died by hanging, while his wife, son and daughter died by jumping into the well.
Speaking to reporters, Assistant Inspector Imran Pathan of Shirpur police station said that the police had launched an investigation after the bodies of the deceased were recovered from a well in Tivli village.
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“At around 4:30 pm, our police channel received information about an incident in Tivli village where a man hanged himself, while his wife, son and daughter committed suicide by jumping into the well. Immediately, our officer, PSI Tade, along with our staff, visited the site and made a preliminary assessment,” SI Pathan said.
“At the moment, we have brought the four bodies to the morgue. We will conduct an investigation. An autopsy has not been done yet. An autopsy will be done tomorrow. Only then will we be able to clarify exactly what happened to them,” he added.
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