India, Feb. 19 -- Two women and a girl were found dead with their wrists slit at their residence in Kolkata's Tangra while three other members of their family were injured when a boy riding a scooter with his uncle and father on the pillion rammed it into a concrete pillar.

Police said one of the three injured told them that it was an attempted suicide. They added they took the extreme step probably because the family, which ran a leather business, suffered financial loss and debts. "Three bodies were recovered from their house. Three others were injured in the road accident. They are one family. The injured are now in hospital," said joint police commissioner Rupesh Kumar.

The bodies of the three members of the family were recovered af...