India, May 27 -- Six members of a family that originally belonged to Hisar were found dead in a car parked in a vacant plot in Sector 27, Panchkula, on Monday night, while the seventh died in hospital in what police suspect to be a suicide pact due to financial distress.

Panchkula deputy commissioner of police Himadri Kaushik, said, "Prima facie, it appears to be a matter of suicide. However, further investigations are on."

Police identified the deceased as Praveen Mittal, 41, his wife Reena, the couple's three children, including their 14-year-old son and 12-year-old twin girls, besides his parents Deshraj Mittal and mother Bimla.

Two months ago, the family had shifted from Dehradun and was staying in Saketri on the outskirts of Panch...