9 members of 2 families end their lives in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Nine members of two different families in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram and Dindigul districts committed suicide, police said.

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According to the police, Villupuram district resident M. Arunkumar and his family members consisting of wife Sivagami, daughters Yuvashri (3), Priyadarshini (5) and three-month-old infant Bharathi died after consuming poison.

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Police said, Arunkumar had incurred debt in his business and had also invested heavily in the banned lottery in the state to recoup his business losses.

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Arunkumar and his wife decided to commit suicide after he lost a huge amount of money in the lottery also.

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On Thursday night, after poisoning their children, the couple also consumed the poison and died.

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Prior to his death, Arunkumar sent a WhatsApp message to his friends about the reasons for taking the extreme decision.

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In the Dindigul district, four members of a family jumped before a running train near the Kodai Road Railway Station on Friday, police said.

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The police were investigating the reasons for the suicide.

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The four deceased were identified as Uthirapathi, Sangeetha, Abhinaya Shree and Akash. All hailed from Truchirappalli.

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