Mass suicide in MP: Couple, 3 children found hanging in Alirajpur village house

In a suspected mass suicide, Madhya Pradesh police said it found bodies of a couple and three children hanging in their house in village in Alirajpur.

The police official said prima facie, it seems like a case of suicide.

"The information about the death of five people at Ravdi village in Sondwa tehsil was received at 7 AM on Monday," the police official said.

A team led by the Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) of Alirajpur has been formed to investigate the incident, he further stated.

The deceased were identified as Rakesh Dodwa (27), his wife Lalita Dodwa (25) and their children named Laxmi (9), Prakash (7), and Akshay (5), the official said.

This case is similar to the one in Gujarat in 2023. Seven members of a family were found dead inside their residence. The deceased include three children below the age of eight years.

While six members of the family died due to consumption of poisonous material, police officials said that one was found hanging from a ceiling fan. The case was reported in Palanpur Jakatnak Road locality of Surat.

According to reports, the deceased have been identified as Manish Solanki, his father Kanu, mother Shobha, wife Rita and three children – Disha, Kavya, and Kushal.

A suicide note was recovered from the spot, police officials were reported as saying. The note is related to financial issues, the investigators said, without disclosing further details. The bodies have since been sent for autopsy.

These cases come after nine family members were found to have committed suicide in Mhaisal village of western Maharashtra. The case incidentally was reported in June 2022, nearly four years after the country was shocked by the mass suicide of 11 family members in Delhi's Burari.