Software Engineer commits suicide with family

A software engineer Pradeep poisoned his wife, Swathi (29) and two sons, Kalyan Krishna (6) and Jaya Krishna (2), on Saturday and then committed suicide on Sunday night.

Hyderabad:Four members of a family died at Hastinapuram in Hyderabad. The husband Pradeep (33) committed suicide after allegedly poisoning his two children, Kalyan Krishna (6) and Jaya Krishna (2), including his wife Swathi (29). The wife and children were reportedly poisoned on Saturday night.

The police believe that Pradeep committed suicide after staying with the corpses of his wife and children all day. The deceased Pradeep's was a native of Nalgonda district and his wife Swathi's was a native of Kalvakurthi village in Mahabubnagar district.

Family members said that Pradeep Kumar was working as a software engineer at IBM. Pradeep, who built a house in Santoshimata colony in Hastinapura two years ago, is suspected of committing suicide due to financial difficulties.