Pune: The body of a 38-year-old man was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment while his wife and two daughters were found dead on the bed, leading the police to suspect a murder-suicide pact due to the family’s financial troubles.
The deceased were identified as Nilesh Chaudhary, his wife Nilam (33), their daughters Shravani (9) and Shreya (7), news agency PTI quoted senior inspector at Uttam Nagar police station Hemant Bhat as saying.
Nilesh had a plastic remolding business and was facing financial crisis. A suicide note, purportedly penned by him, was found in the flat, in which it was stated that he was taking the extreme step due to financial difficulties.
"Nilesh was found hanging from the ceiling in the flat last (Friday) night, while his wife and daughters were found dead on the bed with froth in their mouth," Bhat said.
He said, "We suspect that Nilesh Chaudhary, before committing suicide, might have made his wife and daughters consume some poisonous substance and later strangled them."
"His neighbours alerted police after coming to know about the incident," the official said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The exact cause of the death of Nilam and her daughters will be known once the autopsy report comes, Bhat said.
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