In an incident that sent shockwaves across the country, a software engineer killed himself after taking the lives of his his wife and two children after consuming poison. Police said four bodies were found in their residence in Hasthinapuram in LB Nagar.
Pradeep (40), Swathi (35) and Kalyan Krishna (6) along with Jaya Krishna (2) were found dead. It is believed that the reason for the act was that they were having financial problems.?
Police believe he mixed poison in the food of his wife and children and later ended his life by consuming the same.?
The incident came to light after neighbours alerted the police as the family had not come out of their house since Saturday. Police broke open the door and found the bodies lying in the beds.?
The police shifted the bodies to government-run Osmania Hospital for autopsy and launched the investigation.?
It is suspected that Pradeep resorted to the extreme due to financial problems. He reportedly wrote a letter to his father saying he did not want to be a burden on him.