Preliminary probe suggests that the doctor was suffering from depression, police said.(Representative Image: Shutterstock)
The incident of the deaths came to light on Tuesday night when the doctor’s colleagues reported the matter to the police after no one from the family answered phone calls
In a shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli a doctor working at the Railway hospital allegedly killed his wife and two children before committing suicide on Wednesday.
The doctor identified as 45-year old Arun Kumar Singh hailed from Mirzapur and was working as an eye specialist at the Modern Rail Coach Factory Hospital since 2017. He lived with his wife Archana (40), son Aarav (4), and daughter Ariba (12) in a house located inside the hospital complex.
The incident of the deaths came to light on Tuesday night when the doctor’s colleagues reported the matter to the police after no one from the family answered phone calls.
Preliminary probe suggests that the doctor was suffering from depression, police said. According to the people living in the neighbourhood, the family was last seen two days ago on Sunday.
On reaching the spot, the police broke open the door and found the bodies. Superintendent of Police Alok Priyadarshi said that it appears that Singh injected his children with a drug to make them unconscious before killing them. The police also said that the minors died of head injuries while the doctor was found hanging. According to the SP as quoted by NDTV, the doctor first tried to slit his wrists but when that did not work, he hanged himself. A hammer, blood stains and drug injections were recovered from the crime scene.
As per an NDTV report, Lucknow Range IG Tarun Gauba reached the spot after the incident. He said that some neighbours and colleagues informed him that Dr Kumar often had bouts of aggression. “We have heard he would often have angry exchanges with people. We are looking into all angles,” he added.
(with PTI inputs)
Source: News18