Bolangir (Orissa), September 23: A carpenter allegedly axed his wife and daughter to death and later hanged himself in Orissa’s Balangir district, police said today.
50-year-old Kamal Putel killed his wife Gunja (42) and daughter Dibya (19) last night and tried to set fire to their bodies at his house at Borobahal, 100 km from here, they said.
When he did not succeed he allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself, they added.
The reason for taking such extreme step is yet to be ascertained. The villagers claimed that his financial condition was good.
Kamal’s eldest son Khuleswar works in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, while youngest son Pruthviraj lived with the family, they said.