A couple and their three minor children were found dead in their house in Mathura’s Khapparpur village on Tuesday, with authorities suspecting the incident to be a mass suicide, PTI reported quoting police.
Police also found a suicide note and a note written on a wall next to a video taken by the family’s patriarch, police said.
Details of the contents of the suicide note and video were not immediately available.
Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said the deceased were identified as Manish Kumar (35), a farmer, his wife aged around 32 and their three minor children – two daughters and a son.
“They were found dead in a room of their house,” he said.
Police said they got information about the incident from Manish Kumar’s brother.
When the children did not come to play in the morning, Manish’s brother entered the house after jumping over the wall, broke down the door and found his family members dead.
He was accompanied by other villagers, the SSP said, adding that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
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