Kathmandu, Sept. 13 -- Police officials who found a couple and their son dead under mysterious circumstances in Thimi, Bhaktapur on Friday, say that the husband may have killed the other two and taken his own life.

The bodies of Sudip Adhikari, 36, his wife Samjhana, 34, and their 15-year-old son Sushant were found by Adhikari's younger brother when he went to meet them on Friday. Police also discovered the body of their pet dog at the incident site.

Senior Superintendent of Police Dipak Thapa, chief of the Metropolitan Crime Division, said preliminary investigation shows that Sudip could have murdered his wife and son before killing himself.

"While the bodies were being taken for postmortem, we discovered that Samjhana and her 15-year...