Five members of a family, including three minor children, were found dead inside their house in Khapparpur village of Mathura district on Tuesday, police said. Authorities believe the incident to be a mass suicide.
The police are considering the incident as a mass suicide. (ANI)Apart from a video made by the patriarch of the family, police also found a suicide note and a message written on the wall, news agency PTI reported.
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Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said the deceased were identified as Manish Kumar (35), a farmer, his wife aged around 32 and their three minor children – two daughters and a son. “They were found dead in one of the rooms of the house,” he added.
The contents of the suicide note and video were not immediately known.
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According to the police, Manish Kumar’s brother informed them to the police.
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When the children did not come out to play in the morning, Manish’s brother jumped the wall and entered the house, broke the door and found his family members dead.
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He was accompanied by other villagers, the SSP said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem.
In a separate news, residents of a high society here woke up to a crashing sound followed by screams around 2 am on Wednesday, only to discover three teenage sisters – aged 11, 14 and 16 – who had fallen from the ninth floor and were lifeless, as their worried parents argued through the incident.
A resident of an adjacent tower told HT that he witnessed the final moments of what police are treating as an apparent triple suicide. Arun Kumar, who lives on the 10th floor of Tower A4, said he was recording content for social media on his balcony when he noticed unusual movement in a flat next to his.
(with input from PTI)
