Sangli shocker: 9 of family end lives in two homes

Nine members of a family including a 15yearold boy and a 72yearold woman were found dead in Sangli district of Maharashtra on Monday morning in an apparent case of suicide The police suspect the Vanmore family was deep in debt The bodies were discovered in two houses belonging to two brothers at MhaisalCiting the condition of the bodies that had turned ldquobluerdquo the police said the family members poisoned themselvesThe deceased have been identified as Popat Vanmore 52 Sangeeta Popat Vanmore 48 Archana Popat Vanmore 30 Shubham Popat Vanmore 28 Manik Vanmore 49 Rekha Manik Vanmore 45 Aditya Manik Vanmore 15 Anita Manik Vanmore 28 and Akkatai Vanmore 72Sangli SP Dikshit Gedam and his team at the spot on MondayldquoAll the bodies were intact There were no injury marks no assault no burning etchellip but their nails had turned blue and there was discharge of fluid from their nasal cavities It signifies that they consumed poison to end their livesrdquo an officer who was present at the spot told middayThe family had availed of loans from banks the police said ldquoWe have learnt that the family was debtridden We have recovered four notices of different banks from their house We have also learnt that the family had to repay loans to many people but they were not returningrdquo said the officerldquoAfter the discovery of six bodies at a house the neighbours tried to alert another brother but they were also found dead at their houserdquo said the officerManik the younger brother was a veterinary doctor in Mhaisal village of Miraj Taluka while his elder brother Popat was an academician said an officer from Sangli policeNeighbours of the Vanmore familyldquoLike every morning the milkman delivered the packet at the doorstep on Monday When no one picked up the milk packet till 11 am one of the neighbours got alarmed and tried to knock on the door but the neighbour did not receive any responserdquo said an officerldquoThe neighbour also tried to knock on the gate in the backyard of the house but there was no response from a house which was always vibrant with the occupants Then the neighbour peeped inside through a window and saw something suspicious and raised an alarmrdquo added the officerA team of Sangli police including Superintendent Dikshit Gedam Dy SP Ashok Virkar and officers from Miraj Gramin police station rushed to the spot and conducted a panchnamaldquoThere was no forced entry in both the houses We have recovered nine bodies including five females and four males from two different houses One of the brothers was a doctor and the other was a teacher All the bodies have been sent for postmortem and further investigations are underwayrdquo Gedam told middayldquoWe have recovered a suicide note from the pocket of one of the deceased The deceased has mentioned the reason behind committing suicide but at this point in time we cannot disclose the content mentioned in the suicide note as it is part of our investigation and it may create a law and order issuerdquo Gedam addedThe top officer said an FIR would be registered at Miraj Gramin police station At the time of going to press the police were completing the panchnama and recording the statements of neighbours and relatives who were seen crying on the spot