Alcoholic father kills two sons, self

April 15, 2012

Udupi, April 15: In a brutal incident, an auto rickshaw driver killed his two sons and committed suicide at Shiroor near here on Saturday.

According to police, the deceased have been identified as Raju and the children Pradeep (9) and Prithvi (8).

It is learnt that Raju was an alcoholic and was harassing his wife without any reason and was physically torturing her. He was not working regularly, to earn for livelihood.

On Friday night, he had fought with his wife and had hit her badly.

On Saturday morning, when his wife had been to hospital to get treated for her injuries, Raju mixed pesticide in milk and offered it to his kids.

Later, he consumed the pesticide by mixing it in alcohol. A case has been registered in Byndoor police station.

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