In a suspected suicide pact, five members of a family were found dead in their house in Kallambalam on the outskirts of the State capital early Saturday.
The bodies of Manikuttan (54), his wife Sandhya (46), their children Abhijith (16), and Ameya (12), and Manikuttan’s mother’s sister Devakiyamma (78), were found in the house in Chathanpara near Kallambalam. The police were alerted of the deaths around 6 a.m.
Manikuttan was found hanging from the ceiling of a bedroom, while the others were lying dead on a bed and the floor suspectedly after having consumed poison.
