A 31-year-old engineer ended his life after allegedly strangulating his spouse and two daughters at his home in Whitefield right here, police mentioned on Thursday. The deceased have been recognized as Veerarjuna Vijay, spouse Hymavathi (29) and daughters — Moksha Meghanayana (2) and eight-month-old Shruti Sunayana, they mentioned.

No suicide word was discovered, police mentioned, including, the explanation behind taking such an excessive step by the person is but to be ascertained.

Police suspects that he will need to have killed his spouse and two daughters on July 31 after which died by suicide the identical day by hanging himself from a ceiling fan.

The matter got here to gentle on Thursday when Hymavathi’s brother visited her residence in Sathya Sai Layout. Despite knocking the door a number of occasions and when nobody responded, he grew to become suspicious and knowledgeable police, a senior police officer mentioned. ”Our staff reached the spot and broke open the door. We noticed the person hanging from the ceiling fan whereas his spouse and two daughters had been discovered mendacity on the ground in the lounge of the home. We additionally noticed strangulation marks on the neck of the girl and the 2 youngsters,” he mentioned.

The man and his spouse had been incommunicado since the previous few days which prompted Hymavathi’s brother to verify on them, he added.

Preliminary enquiry revealed that Vijay first strangulated his spouse after which his two daughters. After killing them, he ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan, the officer mentioned.

The couple had been married for over six years, police mentioned.

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