It was the third such incident in the city in little over a month when a ‘depressed’ person committed suicide after killing family members, police said.

No suicide note was left behind and the police are trying to ascertain the reason behind the three deaths. The incident came to light around 9.30am, when Sanjay Sen, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his one room rented house in Vikhroli. The body of his wife Pooja (30) was found lying on the floor while that of his two-year-old son Tejas was found on the bed.

Both Pooja and Tejas had strangulation marks on their necks, police said.Deputy Police Commissioner Sanjay Shintre said, “The landlord Mangesh Ambekar’s son had gone to Sen’s residence to play with Tejas around 9.30am. When no one opened the door, he peeped through the window and found Sanjay hanging following which he informed his parents.”

Sanjay and Pooja, who met each other when they worked at the same zari manufacturing unit in the Subhash Nagar area of Vikhroli, had a love marriage three years back.