Chennai, May 14 -- In a tragic incident, a jewellery shop owner committed suicide along with his wife and two daughters due to mounting debts at Melamallkandar Kottai village in Trichy district of Tamil Nadu.
Police said the incident came to light on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Alex, his wife Victoria and their daughters aged nine and three.
Alex, who was running a jewellery shop, faced mounting losses in his business, leading to huge debts.
Unable to overcome from this, he administered poison to his daughters and later committed suicide along with his wife by hanging.
As the door of his house were not opened for a long time this morning, neighbours suspected that something amiss had taken place and alerted the police, w...