Four siblings were found hanging from ceiling fans in their rented house in Surajkund area near Faridabad in Haryana on Saturday.

According to Inspector Vishal Kumar, station house officer (SHO) of Surajkund police station, the siblings — three sisters and a brother — were unmarried and aged between 37 and 52. “The deceased are identified as Meena Matthew (52), Beena (51), Jaya (49) and their youngest brother Pradeep (37),” said the SHO.

“The incident came to light after a caretaker raised an alarm about foul smell emanating from their rented flat in Dayalbagh.

They were found hanging in two rooms. A suicide note mentions financial trouble as the reason for the deaths. They probably died 3 or 4 days back,” said a senior police official.

Also, local residents said they may have committed suicide because of poverty. “One of the women had a kidney ailment and had to undergo dialysis. In last six months they had even borrowed money from neighbours. We didn’t notice moment in their home for last three to four days,” said a neighbour.

“The four had lost their parents and a brother recently. Both parents had retired as Haryana Government employees. Their father died six months ago and mother died about two months following which they were facing financial crisis,” said another neighbour.

“The bodies are sent for autopsy to PGI Rohtak. All the angles in the case are being investigated and further investigation is going on,” said the SHO.

Earlier this year, 11 residents of Burari area in Delhi were found dead at their house. Ten of the dead were found hanging with their eyes covered with pieces of cloth cut from the same bedsheet and their mouths taped while the body of a 77-year-old woman was found lying in the floor in another room of the house.