Four of family take poison, parents die

Four of family take poison, parents die

Salem:11.02.2021 

In a suicide pact, four members of a family took poison near Attur in the district on Tuesday night. While the parents died, the children are battling for lives in hospital.

Police identified the deceased as P Velmurugan, 37, of Pungavadi village, and his wife Sathya, 33. Their children – 13-year-old Abinaya and 11-yearold Sanjay – are hospitalised.

A police source said Velmurugan, a driver did not have a job. “His mother Dhanalakshmi used to scold his wife. When he intervened in their fight on Tuesday night, his mother scolded him too.” Upset, the couple, along with their children decided to end their lives. He poured poison into their ears and fed it to the children forcibly, but they managed to escape and alert the villagers,” the officer said.

According the officer, Velmurugan and Sathya had died by the time the villagers reached the spot. When alerted, the Attur police sent the bodies to the nearby government for postmortem. “The boy’s condition is critical at a private hospital, while the girl is undergoing treatment in the government hospital in Attur,” the officer said. A case has registered. TNN