Tragic suicide in Tripura: Family of three members

By  Firstdespatch Desk   Dec 01, 2023

Agartala, Dec 1 (FD) Three members of a family died by suicide in Tripura's Sepahijala district today possibly due to bleak future of their otherwise able girl child,   police said.

The victims identified as Chintaharan Paul (70), Pratibha Paul (60) and Manika Paul (20) were found dead in their house at Thakuupara, officer-in-charge (OC) Debasish Das told reporters.

"When his younger brother Gauranga broke open the door of elder brother Chintaharan's thatched hut when they did not wake up till 8am found his brother, sister-in-law and their daughter lying on a bed and did not respond to his call”, Das said.

On being alerted, police reached the spot took the bodies to a nearby health facility for post-mortem. "Prima facie it appears that they had consumed poison on Thursday night," the OC said.

"The 70-year-old man, who was a clay artisan, was worried over the fate of his 20-year-old otherwise able girl. This might have prompted him to take the extreme step by eliminating the entire family," he said. FD JK