Suicide pact: Three of family, who consumed weedicide, die in Telangana’s Mancherial

Family was depressed over financial crisis caused due to losses in online games played by son Shiva

Mancherial: Three of four members belonging to a family, who allegedly attempted to die by suicide by consuming a weedicide at Kasipet village in Thandur on Tuesday, died at the MGM Hospital in Warangal on Wednesday morning.

Thandur Sub-Inspector Kiran Kumar said Samudrala Mondaiah (60) and his wife Sridevi (50) breathed their last early on Wednesday morning, while their daughter Chaitanya (30) died on Tuesday night. The condition of Mondaiah’s son Shiva Prasad is said to be critical.

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According to preliminary inquiries, the four tried to kill themselves by consuming weedicide as they were depressed over a financial crisis caused due to losses in online games played by Shiva.

The exact reason is yet to be ascertained. No police complaint has been received so far.