Delhi man commits suicide. Father, mother, sister follow him weeks later

Depressed over the death of their son, a couple and their daughter committed suicide in their home in southwest Delhi on Friday.

Depressed over the death of their son, a couple and their daughter committed suicide in their home in southwest Delhi on Friday.

Relatives waiting at the RTR hopsital to collect the bodies of Bhagwan Dass Yadav (inset, above), his wife and daughter who committed suicide on September 9. The family took the extreme step just 20 days after Yadav’s son, Kuldeep (inset, below), killed himself.

Neighbours found Bhagwan Dass Yadav, 50, and his daughter, Sarita, dead in the house. Yadav’s wife, Sharda, 48, died in the afternoon at Rao Tula Ram (RTR) Hospital. An ex-serviceman, Yadav was a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) driver.

Two suicide notes, written by the couple, were recovered from their house in Khera Dabar area in Jaffarpur Kalan.

The family had committed suicide by consuming aluminium phosphide, an agricultural fumigant.

Twenty days ago, the couple’s son, Kuldeep Yadav, 23, had allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison, just a day after Raksha Bandhan, police said. His naked body was found in the bathroom. Kuldeep was studying MBBS at a college in Kyrgyzstan.

“My brother was depressed over his son’s suicide. The entire family was devastated by the incident,” said Vinod, Yadav’s brother.

Bhagwan Dass was a former soldier working as a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) driver, and his daughter Sarita, was studying a B.Com through distance education.

Police sources said the Kuldeep was struggling with his studies and was depressed that his parents had taken huge loans to educate him. In his suicide note, he mentioned the family had been duped of Rs 35 lakh two years ago by admission agents who promised a seat in a Madhya Pradesh medical college.

Upon failing to secure a seat, the agents returned only Rs 12.5 lakh, police said, quoting the suicide note.

Kuldeep took admission in Kyrgyz college this February after the agents failed to get him a seat in any medical college in India. His family invested several more lakhs of rupees for this. The medical student was visiting his family for the festival of Raksha Bandhan.

“Kuldeep was trying to isolate himself ever since he returned from Kyrgyzstan,” a senior police officer said.

Police were looking for two men — Alok Sinha and Nasim — whose names were mentioned in the suicide notes, police said.

Joint commissioner of police, Deependra Pathak said the family entered into a suicide pact. He said the incident came to light around 7 am after a woman heard Sharda crying for help. The woman alerted neighbours. They found Yadav and Sarita lying on the floor. All members of the family were rushed to the RTR Hospital. While Yadav and Sarita were already dead, Sharda died in the hospital in the afternoon.

“We are questioning relatives and neighbours,” said Pathak.