Ranchi, July 15 : Six members of a family committed mass suicide in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said on Sunday. The victims were Naresh Maheswari, a resident of the district's Munga Bagicha area, his parents, his wife and two of their children.

While Maheswari killed himself by jumping off the roof of his apartment, his parents and wife were found hanging from ceiling fans, while the children had their throats slit, the police said.

A suicide note was recovered which said the reason of the suicides was because of a debt of Rs 50 lakh.

"We are investigating the case from both suicide and a murder angle. Forensic team is collecting samples to ascertain the causees of death," a police official told IANS.

This incident comes after 11 members of a family that was found hanging in their north Delhi house on June 30.

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Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.

Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.

Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.

He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.