Three of a family committed suicide at Andinje in Venur police station limits on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Ramesh Poojary (40), his wife Sumalatha (25) and their two-and-a-half-year-old son Swastik. According to the police, Poojary fed poison to his wife and kid and later hanged himself. Poor health and poverty is suspected to be the reason for their death.
The couple has two more sons and the couple had left the kids at Sumalatha’s mother’s house on Wednesday. Since Swastik refused to stay there, he was brought to their house, it is said.