Srikrushna Mohanta, a farmer of Gandabarei village under the Baria police station in Keonjhar district, committed suicide after slaying four members of his family on early on Tuesday morning.
According to sources, Srikrushna (46), after returning from his field on Monday evening, had a quarrel with his wife and was disturbed. After midnight, he killed his wife Rukmini (39), their 16-year-old daughter Sabita and 12-year-old son Saurav and his 20-year-old sister Sarathi with an axe while they were asleep.
Then, Srikrushna dragged all the dead bodies to one room, where he tried to burn them. He then ended his life by burning himself in the
same room.
Around 4 am, neighbours rushed to Srikrushna’s house after noticing smoke coming out of the house. The police are investigating into the reason behind the crime. The burnt bodies were shifted to Champua
hospital for post-mortem.