Chennai: A 36-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife and two children and hanged himself at his apartment at Perungudi in Chennai.
The four were found dead in the luxury apartment building on Sunday morning. Police suspect that the husband might have murdered wife and two children before ending life after a quarrel between the couple over mounting debt though no suicide note has been retrieved yet.
Manikandan (36) worked at a private bank in Porur and had been staying on rent on the seventh floor of the apartment with wife Thara alias Priya, children Tharan (10) and Thahaan (1) for the last six months.
He was said to be suffering from debts as he was addicted to online gambling. Police suspect that the 36-year-old man had hit his wife with a cricket bat in a fit of rage, and killed her. He then allegedly strangled his two kids, before hanging himself from a hook in the kitchen.
According to the officials, Thara had severe injuries to her head, while the two children were suffocated to death. Manikandan was found hanging in the kitchen.