<p>A couple allegedly poisoned their two children to death before committing suicide by hanging themselves at their home in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Thursday, police said.</p>.<p>As per the preliminary investigation, the deceased man, Bhupendra Vishwakarma (38), was debt-ridden, TT Nagar Assistant Commissioner of Police Chandrashekhar Pandey told <em>PTI </em>over the phone.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/17-year-old-girl-shot-dead-on-way-home-from-coaching-centre-in-mps-gwalior-1235897.html" target="_blank">17-year-old girl shot dead on way home from coaching centre in MP's Gwalior</a></strong></p>.<p>Vishwakarma, a resident of Ratibad area of the city, sent a WhatsApp message to his relatives at around 4 am informing them about his move. The relatives read the message around 6 am after waking up and alerted the police at 6.30 am, he said. The man and his wife Ritu (34) were found hanging in a room. Their children, aged eight and three, were found dead in another section of the house and they seemed to have been poisoned, the official said.</p>.<p>As per the primary investigation, the man was debt-ridden. “This reason might have prompted him and his wife to take the extreme step," he said. The bodies were sent for post-mortem and a probe was on into the incident, the official said.</p>
<p>A couple allegedly poisoned their two children to death before committing suicide by hanging themselves at their home in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Thursday, police said.</p>.<p>As per the preliminary investigation, the deceased man, Bhupendra Vishwakarma (38), was debt-ridden, TT Nagar Assistant Commissioner of Police Chandrashekhar Pandey told <em>PTI </em>over the phone.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/17-year-old-girl-shot-dead-on-way-home-from-coaching-centre-in-mps-gwalior-1235897.html" target="_blank">17-year-old girl shot dead on way home from coaching centre in MP's Gwalior</a></strong></p>.<p>Vishwakarma, a resident of Ratibad area of the city, sent a WhatsApp message to his relatives at around 4 am informing them about his move. The relatives read the message around 6 am after waking up and alerted the police at 6.30 am, he said. The man and his wife Ritu (34) were found hanging in a room. Their children, aged eight and three, were found dead in another section of the house and they seemed to have been poisoned, the official said.</p>.<p>As per the primary investigation, the man was debt-ridden. “This reason might have prompted him and his wife to take the extreme step," he said. The bodies were sent for post-mortem and a probe was on into the incident, the official said.</p>