Seven of a family die by suicide in Panchkula of Haryana

Deceased have been identified as businessman Deshraj Mittal and his wife, their son Praveen Mittal and his wife, and Praveen’s two teenage daughters and a son : Police

New Delhi, May 27

Seven members of a family, including three children, allegedly died by suicide inside a car parked near a vacant plot in Panchkula of Haryana. 

The police stated that the deceased have been identified as businessman Deshraj Mittal and his wife, their son Praveen Mittal and his wife, and Praveen’s two teenage daughters and a son.

They hailed from Uttarakhand and owned a tours and travels business in which the family suffered heavy losses, police informed. 

The police said they received a call around about a few people sitting in a car in suspicious circumstances outside a house in Sector 27. Dial 112’s Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) reached the spot, and found seven people in the car, most of them in a semi-conscious state. All of them were rushed to a nearby Ojas Hospital by the police.

The preliminary cause of death appears to be poisoning. The police said their preliminary probe showed that the Mittal family was under heavy debt. 

 

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