Dehradun, October 05: In a shocking incident in Dehradun, 10 members of a family were found dead near a Yamuna reservoir.
The incident that was being treated as suicide earlier, is now being investigated as a case of mass murder.
Police suspect a man called Manoj Kumar took three women of his family, with their six kids on a picnic and poisoned them, and threw their bodies down the Shakti canal before committing suicide himself.
“If a major commits suicide and involves children then it is a murder,” said Dehradun SSP G N Goswami.
However, the police are yet to recover the body of Manoj.
While the exact reason of the alleged murder is unknown, police say the family has been going through financial troubles.
According to a witness, the members had been depressed over the death of a family member. Police investigations are still on.
–Agencies