PANCHTHAR, June 6 -- Foreign employment, family disintegration, betrayal by partners and many other social and psychological reasons have been affecting a growing number of families. In addition to that, depression among people is triggering domestic violence and crime, police claims. Reflecting on some incidents in the last few months including the infamous Miklajung murder case call for serious intervention on the issue, they warn.

DSP Narendra Kunwar, chief of district police, Panchthar warned that if appropriate measures are not taken to 'bring the society back on track', crime cases in families might increase. "Of late, we have handled many such cases wherein family members attacked each other mercilessly. Many factors might be cont...