Hyderabad, Aug 21: In a shocking incident, five members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances dead at their house in Maktha Mahabubpet under the jurisdictions of Miyapur police station of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate in Hyderabad on Thursday.
As per reports, a man, his wife, daughter, son-in-law and two-year-old child were found dead at their house. After being alerted by the neighbors, police rushed to the scene and launched an investigation. The Cyberabad Police Clues team began collecting evidence from the location.
The deceased persons have been identified as Lakshmaiah (60), Venkatamma (55), Anil (32), Kavita (24) and Appu (2). The family hailed from the Gulbarga district of Karnataka and had been living in the city for the last six years.
Some relatives of the family, who arrived at the house after receiving the news, said they were unaware of the cause of the deaths.
Lakshmaiah, a construction worker, was living with his wife, while their daughter and son-in-law resided separately in Aziz Nagar.
According to relatives and friends, Kavita and her husband had come to her parents’ home a week earlier and were looking for a house of their own.
A friend of Anil said he spoke to him over the phone on Wednesday evening, during which Anil mentioned they had found a house for rent and planned to move in on Thursday. Anil was also employed as a construction worker.
The family had moved to Hyderabad in search of livelihood and to repay loans they had taken.
Though the exact caused behind their deaths is yet to be ascertained, police suspect that they might have died by suicide due to financial hardships. The cops seized the bodies and sent them for post-mortem.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
