Vijayawada: Four members of a family from Telangana, allegedly committed suicide here on Saturday.
Circle Inspector Venkateswara Rao told media here that the deceased-Pappula Suresh (56), his wife P Srilatha (54) son P Akhil (28) and another son Ashish (22) checked in Kanyaka Parameswari choultry on January 6.
They were the residents of Nizamabad city in Telangana.
They sent an SMS to their relatives that they were committing suicide. The relatives telephoned the manager of the choultry who went to the room and found P Srilatha and Ashish dead.
They informed the police who shifted the bodies to the government general hospital. They had administered themselves the insulin injections overdose which led to their death.
The police found a large number of vials of insulin in the choultry room.
Meanwhile, Suresh and Akhil committed suicide by jumping into the river Krishna from Prakasam barrage.
Before jumping into the river, they sent a voice message to their relative that they were ending their lives by jumping into the river. The relatives alerted the police who rushed there and fished the bodies.
Financial problems were suspected to be the reason for taking the extreme step by them.
