Mangaluru: Four members of a family commit suicide in hotel room
Mangaluru: Four members of a family allegedly committed suicide in a room of Karuna Residency on KS Rao Road in the city.
Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar Jain has said that the deceased have been identified as Devendra (46), his wife Nirmala (46) and their nine-year-old twin daughters Chaithra and Chaithanya, who were natives of Vijayanagara in Mysuru.
The matter came to light when the hotel staff opened the door with a spare key on Friday, after the family overstayed their booking - the family had taken the room on rent on March 27 and were supposed to vacate on March 30.
Devendra is suspected to have killed his children by giving them poisoned food and then strangled his wife to death, before committing suicide by hanging himself.
The death note said that the family faced severe financial problems, said the police officer.
Police have filed a case and further investigation is on, said the commissioner.
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MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh seized in Nagpur; two traffickers from Rajasthan held
Nagpur (PTI): Police in Nagpur have seized MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh and arrested two men from Rajasthan in connection with the seizure, officials have said.
The action was taken on Tuesday after the MIDC police received inputs that two persons were planning to sell MD, commonly known as ecstasy, near Sangam Road, Wanadongri.
Two men, identified as Ramswaroop Bhairaram Bishnoi (24) and Hariram Jagdish Paliwal (31), both residents of Kalyanpur tehsil of Rajasthan’s Balotra district, were then arrested from the spot, police said.
The duo was carrying 533 grams of MD, valued at over Rs 53 lakh, an official said.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added.
