Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala): In an incident similar of Delhi’s Burari 11 deaths, four members of a family was strangely found dead in the backyard of their house in Kerala’s Idukki district.
The bodies were found piled on top of each other in a pit.
The deceased have been recognized as Krishnan (52), his wife Susheela (50), their daughter Arsha (21) and son Arjun (19).
According to the police reports, no one in the neighborhood had seen the family since the past two days, and then some of the neighbors and relatives decided to check on them.
When neighbours reached at the deceased family’s house, they found blood spots on the floor and walls, and without delay informed to local police. Police said that when a search was carried out then in the backyard exposed loose soil and when they removed it, the four bodies, with injuries, were recovered dumped on top of each other.
Police also found a hammer and a knife inside their house situated in a private place in a rubber estate at Mundanmudi.
The probe is on to find out the cause of the death. A police officer said that they are also inquiring a superstitious angle as some evidence suggested that Krishnan could be practicing black magic.
Police also said that injury marks indicate that the bodies were thrashed with an object, possibly a hammer. On a related note all the bodies have been sent to Kottayam medical college for post-mortem.
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