Frequent family feuds caused Bengaluru mass suicide

Frequent family feuds seem to have caused the mass suicide of the family in Bengaluru, police investigation revealed. The suicide of four adults and the death of an infant at Byadarahalli police limits in Karnataka's Bengaluru on Friday has shocked the locality.

Bengaluru: Frequent family feuds seem to have caused the mass suicide of the family in Bengaluru, police investigation revealed. The suicide of four adults and the death of an infant at Byadarahalli police limits in Karnataka's Bengaluru has shocked the locality. Police found the frequent family feuds over the married daughters could have caused the mass suicide in which two daughters, a son and wife of the man died by suicide. The infant died of starvation since it was not fed while a two-and-half-year-old girl child was rescued from the house.

The deceased have been identified as Bharathi (51), her daughters Sinchana (34), Sindhoorani (34), her son Madhusagar (25), along the yet to be named baby boy. The head of the family Hallegere Shankar had an argument on Sept. 12 and left the house fuming.

Sinchana left her husband three years ago and was living with her parents. When Shankar insisted that she return to her in-laws' house, Shankar's wife Bharathi used to support her daughter which caused friction between Shankar and Bharathi. The second daughter Sindhoorani also had a quarrel with her in-laws during the ear-piercing ceremony of her 9-month-old baby.

Sindhoorani attempted suicide bid swallowing sleeping pills. She was saved after being admitted to a hospital in time and she returned to her father's house following the incident. There used to be repeated family feuds when Shankar pressed his daughters to return to their husbands.

On Sept. 12, there was a fight at home and Shankar walked out of the house. After his repeated calls to the family went unanswered, he returned to the house on Friday. Unable to open the door and suspecting something amiss, he called the local police.

Police broke open the house and found all four adults dead by suicide and their bodies started decomposing. The nine-month-old-baby had died of starvation and the girl child was rescued in a highly traumatised state. The child is undergoing treatment in the hospital.

There was no financial crunch in the family as they had money and properties. Shankar had mentioned in his complaint that he had given away all the money and properties to the wife and son. He had a fight with his wife and family on Sept. 12, he had stated in his police complaint.

Shankar educated his three children well. His daughters attended IAS Coaching after their degrees. Sinchana was a BE graduate and used to work in a software company till she got married. The second daughter Sindhoorani was an MBA graduate. His son Madhu Sagar was a BE graduate. He was working as an app developer at a nationalized bank. He had also obtained a bar license for which Shankar had spent about one and a half crore rupees.

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