A 38-year-old-man and his wife hanged themselves to death after poisoning their two minor children at a lodge in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker city, police said on Friday.
Jitendra Dewangan and his wife Savita (35) were found hanging from the ceiling fan inside a room on Thursday night. The bodies of their children were found on the bed, Kanker Superintendent of Police Shalabh Sinha said.
They were residents of Raipur city and had checked into the lodge at the New Bus Stand here on Wednesday evening.
The lodge staff suspected something was amiss as they did not come out of the room till Thursday evening, following which the police was alerted, Sinha said.
A police team broke open the door of their room and found the husband and wife hanging with their hands tied behind their back, he said.
Prima facie, it seems that the couple poisoned their son and daughter, aged below 10 years, before committing suicide. However, no suicide note was found at the spot.
A case has been registered in this connection and investigation is underway, he added.