Five members of family die by suicide in Bihar’s Supaul

Five members of a family facing financial hardships allegedly died by suicide in Bihar’s Supaul district, the state police said on Saturday. According to the police, preliminary investigation suggested suicide, but no note was recovered.

Supaul’s superintendent of police (SP) Manoj Kumar informed that the deceased include a couple, aged 45 and 50, their three children, two daughters, and a son. The neighbours alerted the police after they found a foul smell coming out of the deceased’s house, the official said.

According to the police, the head of the family who ran a coal business was in debt of several lakh rupees which he could not pay because of financial losses due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Police suspect all five died two to three days ago. Kumar said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and investigation was underway.