Four Of Family Consume Poison, Commit Suicide In Jalandhar: Police

JALANDHAR: Four persons of a family here allegedly committed suicide after consuming some poisonous substance, police said on Saturday.

The dead, residents of Manko village, were identified as Bakhshinderjit Kaur (45), her three children Jaspreet Singh (18), Balpreet Kaur (14) and Harmanjit Singh (12), Adampur police station Inspector Sarabjit Singh said.

Jaspreet Singh had even called up their neighbours and told them about consuming poison on Friday night, police said.

They were taken to hospital where they died. Bakhshinderjit Kaur's husband, Ajit Singh, is living in Dubai, they said.

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The police said the post-mortem of the bodies was conducted and further investigations are underway.