Unable to repay loans, four of family end lives in Tamil Nadu

KRISHNAGIRI: Debt ridden, four members of a family committed suicide at their residence near Hosur on Friday morning.
The Mathigiri police identified the deceased as J Mohan, 40, his wife M Ramya, 33, daughter M Hanmaya, 8, and mother J Vasanthakumari. They were residing at Swarnabhoomi layout near Mathigiri.
A police officer said Mohan was engaged in online trading, which was running on huge losses. “He had borrowed lakhs of rupees from banking and non-banking sectors and various people. And he was not in a financial position to repay them. So, he, along with other family members, decided to commit suicide.”
On Thursday night, the officer said, Mohan seemed to have fed food mixed with poison to his wife, daughter and mother, before suffocating himself to death by covering his head with a polythene cover. “They had switched on the television before committing suicide.”
On Friday morning, the neighbours heard the television sound but didn’t see any of the family members coming out of the house. “Some of them knocked on the door of the house and there was no response. They informed the Mathigiri police.”
The officer said Vasanthakumari was found dead in a bedroom on the ground floor of the house, while the bodies of Ramya and Hananya were found a bedroom on the first floor, where Mohan’s body was also found. The bodies were sent to the government hospital at Hosur for postmortem.
Deputy superintendent of police Murali (Hosur sub-division) sub-inspector Chitaras and other police personnel visited the house.
“Mohan had left a suicide note. He said he was in deep debt and hence taking this extreme step along with his family members,” the officer said. The Mathigiri police have registered a case under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and further investigation is on.