5 members of Madhya Pradesh family attempt suicide; two dead, three critical

All the family members wrote the suicide note on the walls and blamed a woman. They also pasted some papers of a property, said the officer

Five members of a family tried to die by suicide, two members died on Friday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhopal, said police.

The deceased include a woman and a teenage girl, Madhya Pradesh police said. (Representational image)

The deceased include a woman and a teenage girl, residents of Piplani area.

Additional superintendent of police (ASP) Rajesh Singh Bhadoriya said: “A man, who works as a mechanic, his mother, wife, and two teenage daughters attempted suicide on Thursday night after posting a video on social media in which he accused a woman and debt as reasons for their death.”

When the police came to know about the video, a team reached their home. The family members were found in an unconscious state. Police took them to a hospital where two died while conditions of three others are stated to be serious, said Bhadoriya.

All the family members wrote the suicide note on the walls and blamed a woman. They also pasted some papers of a property, said the officer.

In preliminary probe, it was found that the family had borrowed ₹2 lakh from a woman to construct the house and the woman was demanding her money back, Rakesh Shrivastava, city superintendent of police. Police are trying to identify the woman.