Man kills parents, wife and two kids before ending life

DN Bureau

A 32-year-old man allegedly killed five members of his family before committing suicide in Telangana's Khammam district.

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Hyderabad: A 32-year-old man allegedly killed five members of his family before committing suicide in Telangana's Khammam district, police said today.

The man, S Saleem, allegedly pushed his parents, wife and two children, both aged below 10, into a canal and later himself jumped into the water in Jillacheruvu village last night, a senior police official said.

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"As per preliminary investigation, Saleem killed his family members and later committed suicide apparently over some family dispute," Khammam's Commissioner of Police Tafseer Iqbal said.

A suicide note purportedly written by Saleem, in which he referred to some family dispute, was found in his house, the police commissioner said.

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The suicide note has been sent to a forensic science laboratory for verification, he said, adding all the six bodies have been retrieved and sent for postmortem. (PTI)
 










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