Bengaluru: A 30-year-old man, who allegedly poisoned his wife and six-year-old son, ended his life by consuming poison in Yalahanka police station limits on Thursday morning. While the father and son died, the mother is battling for life. Debts and losses in business is said to be the reason for the incident.The deceased have been identified as Mithun Kumar and his son Gagan, while his wife Roja, 25, is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
The family, which hailed from Tumakuru, had shifted to Bengaluru nine months ago and was living in Narayanappa Layout. Mithun was running a poultry near Bommasandra.According to the police, the incident took place on around 10.30 am on Thursday and came to light when a relative came to check on them, after they did not answer to his phone calls.The relative found the trio unconscious and with the help of neighbours, he shifted them to a hospital, where the father and son were declared brought dead. As Roja’s condition was critical, she was admitted to the ICU.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that Mithun had raised loans and had set up a poultry near Bommasandra. As the business was not doing well, he was unable to repay debts. This had also affected his relationship with his wife and the couple fought frequently over trivial issues. Mithun’s parents had learnt about it and had visited them in the morning and had advised them not to fight and assured them that things would improve. After they left, this incident took place,” police added.
