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Preliminary investigation revealed that the family had financial constraints.
The deceased have been identified as Gopi, 56, Indira, 54, and their son Ranjesh, 34. (X)
In a shocking and tragic incident, three members of a family died and one is battling for life after they allegedly consumed acid in a suspected suicide at their residence in Belur in Kerala’s Kasaragod on Thursday.
The deceased have been identified as Gopi Mulaveniveedu (56), his wife KV Indira (54), and their elder son Ranjesh (36), all natives of Ondampuli, Parakkalayi. Their younger son, Ragesh (27), is currently battling for life at the Government Medical College in Pariyaram in the neighbouring Kannur district, news agency PTI reported, citing the police.
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According to Ambalathara police, the family, who were allegedly under severe financial distress following the loss in business, consumed the acid around 3.30 am on Thursday.
Ragesh managed to alert a relative, Narayanan, who lives nearby, and informed him about the suicide attempt.
Neighbours rushed to the house, broke open the door, and shifted the four to the district hospital in Kanhangad.
Mulaveniveedu died en route, while Indira and Ranjesh succumbed on the way to the medical college hospital in Kannur, the news agency reported.
Hospital authorities said Ragesh remains critical with severe internal burns.
According to the police, the family was under financial constraints recently.
Gopi and his sons earlier ran a grocery store at Chementhodu in Parakkalayi, but had to shut it down following losses, police said. Ranjesh’s marriage had also ended in divorce.
Mulaveniveedu, who owned land, had cut down the rubber trees there and planted coconut saplings a few months back, the officer said.
Police have cordoned off their secluded house at Ondampuli, and a case of unnatural death has been registered.
The bodies will be handed over to the relatives after the postmortem, the officer added.
The family was described as quiet and hardworking. Neighbours said they mostly kept to themselves, good-natured and without bad habits. “The sons were well-behaved. It is hard to believe they took such a step,” a person told Onmanorama.
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(With inputs from PTI)
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