Sankalp Anand, son of noted poet and film lyricist Santosh Anand, and his wife were killed when they allegedly jumped along with their seven-year-old daughter in front of a speeding train in Mathura on Wednesday.

Sankalp (38) and his wife Naresh Nandini Anand (34) — residents of Sukhdev Vihar in South-East Delhi — died on the spot while their daughter, Ridhima, suffered serious injuries and has been admitted to a hospital.

A 10-page handwritten suicide note has been left behind in Sankalp’s car near the railway tracks. Sankalp, employed with lNJN National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science situated at Rohini in Outer Delhi, wrote that they were taking the extreme step due to financial problems.

Sankalp also blamed officials of the institute for being involved in a scam and framing him in a trumped up case of bribery.

Investigators are now verifying the handwriting on the note found near the couple’s bodies for clues even as Santosh Anand has sought a CBI probe into the incident.

Tasking cognizance of the suicide note, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh Government taking cognisance of reports that Sankalp, along with his wife and daughter, jumped in front of the train allegedly due to constant harassment of a few colleagues at lNJN National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science where he worked, officials said in Delhi.

The institute functions under the Home Ministry and a probe has been launched by MHA too in this regard, said an official.

According to police, Sankalp and his family had come to Mathura from Delhi on Wednesday morning. They then went to the railway tracks near Kosikalaan town here and flung themselves before an approaching train, but their daughter somehow got pushed back and escaped with severe injuries. Besides the suicide note, Sankalp’s voter ID and driver’s licence were found from the car. Sankalp’s father Santosh reached Mathura after he was informed about the couple’s death, officials said. Officials said a probe is on with the police examining the authenticity of the suicide note.

Mathura Deputy SP Atul Kumar Srivastava said police are trying to find out whether the handwriting of Sankalp matches with the one in the 10-page handwritten suicide note he has allegedly left behind. Srivastava also said that a probe will be conducted in Mathura or Delhi depending on where the family files an official complaint.

“If the report suggests that Sankalp took the extreme step due to the alleged harassment of his college, there may be prima facie a case of abetment to suicide,” an official said. The post-mortem was conducted on the basis of an order passed by Mathura District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar on application of the dead’s father.