Five members of a family, including three children, drop dead after consuming poison to end their lives and meet Lord Shiva in heaven.
The incident happened on Monday night in Sawai Modhopur’s Gangapur city when an eight-member family, including three children aged between 10 and 16 years, consumed poison suspected to be cyanide. Three of the family were struggling for their lives in two hospitals here.
In fact the entire family was extremely religious and used to observe every festivals and religious ceremonies. They even watched only religious serials and shows on TV and the children were extremely influenced by a serial on Lord Shiva. The entire matter came to light after the police examined the video.
The family members have been identified and they are Kanchan Singh, his wife Neelam, brother Deep Singh, son Pradyumn and daughter Rini has died on the spot. When Singh’s niece Rashmi saw her family members dying, she ran away and informed the neighbours, who reached the house and found Singh’s mother and nephew alive.