CHENNAI: A software engineer used an electric power saw to murder his wife and two young children before turning the blade on himself, in Pallavaram on Friday night. Police said the techie committed the crime hours after celebrating his wedding anniversary at home.
The techie, Prakash, 41, left a suicide note on a wall, saying no one was responsible for their deaths. His father-in-law Ramanan was the first to visit the crime scene when he entered the home on Saturday morning to hand over temple prasadam to his daughter P Gayathri, 39. Ramanan found his daughter and grandchildren — Nithya Shree, 13, and Harikrishnan, 8 — lying in a pool of blood in the living room, with their necks gashed. Prakash was lying a little away with the electric saw stuck on his neck.
