Two minor youngsters had been discovered lifeless at house whereas their father was later discovered hanging from a tree behind the home in North Goa district, police mentioned on Sunday.

Prime facie, it appears the person strangulated the kids to loss of life after which dedicated suicide, Superintendent of Police (North) Nidhin Valsan informed reporters.

The our bodies of the minor boy aged 14 and his eight-year-old sister had been discovered of their home in Candolim village on Saturday evening. Their mom was not at house when the kids died, he mentioned.

“When the children did not open the door of the house, their mother opened it forcibly with the help of neighbours and found the children dead,” he mentioned.

The police obtained a name at round 10.30 pm on Saturday concerning the incident. The Calangute police then began looking for the kids’s father who was untraceable because the children had been discovered lifeless, the official mentioned.

On Sunday morning, the person’s physique was discovered hanging from a tree behind their home, Valsan mentioned.

The man was in his late 40s, one other official mentioned.

“Prime facie, it looks like the father strangulated both the children to death and then committed suicide,” Valsan mentioned. An investigation is on into the incident, he added.

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