TIRUPATI: A goldsmith, his wife, and their two sons were found dead in their house in Madakasira of Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Sathya Sai district on Sunday morning, with preliminary evidence suggesting that they died by suicide due to mounting debts.
Relatives of the deceased had arrived at their house to greet them for Ugadi but were shocked to find the entire family – Krishnachari, his wife, Sarala, and their sons, Santosh and Bhuvanesh, students of 10th and 6th grade, respectively -dead inside. They immediately alerted police. Cops found a cyanide bottle near the bodies and suspect that the family may have consumed cyanide-laced water to end their lives, SP V Rathna told reporters. Police also recovered Krishnachari’s broken mobile phone from the scene.
