Family of five found hanging at Bihar's Supaul home

PATNA: Five members of a family were found hanging from the ceiling of their house in Supaul on Saturday. Police prima facie suspect it to be a case of a "suicide pact" due to monetary distress.
Surprisingly, all victims were wearing new clothes. An FSL team from Bhagalpur visited the spot and collected forensic samples. The victims were reported to be under monetary duress.
The incident took place in ward number 12 of Gaddi village under Raghopur police station.It came to light when some neighbours noticed a foul smell emanating from the house of Misri Lal Sah.
They informed the local mukhiya Md Tasleem, who reported the matter to the police. Supaul SP Manoj Kumar along with other police officers later visited the site of occurrence.
SP Manoj Kumar said the victims were identified as Misri Lal Sah (52), his wife Renu Devi (44) and their three minor children--Raushan Kumari (15), Lallan Kumar (14) and Phul Kumari (8).
Sah was last seen on Monday when he had visited the local PDS shop for ration. “Sah didn’t like to mingle with people after his eldest daughter Nitu Kumari eloped and later married,” the SP said.
Moreover, Sah was under depression due to the poor economic condition of the family. He had already sold 10 out of 15 cottah land, which he owned.
The SP said the family kept aloof and had detached itself from the other residents of the village. Even his three elder brothers didn’t visit him, he revealed.
The mukhiya Tasleem said Sah was upset over the family’s economic condition. He had sold a major portion of his ancestral property as he had no other source of income, he added.
The local sarpanch Yuvaraj Mandal said that Sah was under mental duress. He didn’t allow his children to go outside. “People had not seen any of his three children for the past several months,” he said.
Meanwhile, the SP said the viscera has been preserved. “We are waiting for the post mortem report. The autopsy report will throw more light on the incident,” he added.