Sangli (Maharastra): In a shocking incident, nine members of a family were found dead in the Sangli district of Maharashtra. The incident took place in Mhaisal village in Miraj taluka of Sangli, around 350 km away from Mumbai.
The bodies were found in two different houses of the brothers, located 1.5 Km apart. The police said the victims included two brothers - Popat Vanmore (56), Dr Manik Vanmore - their mother, wives, and four children and it is suspected they might have consumed poisonous substances to end their lives. While Popat Vanmore was a teacher, Manik Vanmore worked as a veterinary doctor, they said.
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"Prima facie, it looks that the family members of the two brothers have ended their lives. As per information received so far, both the brothers had borrowed money from various people. We are trying to establish the sequence of events as both the spots (houses where bodies were found) are 1.5km away from each other," said Manoj Kumar Lohiya, Inspector General (Kolhapur range).
The police said the incident came to light when a girl from the village had gone to Manik Vanmore's house to find out why nobody had come to fetch milk from them as it was a daily routine, and found the bodies. The police said six bodies were found in Manik Vanmore's house - his own, those of his wife, mother, daughter, son, and nephew (son of Popat Vanmore), while Popat Vanmore, his wife, and daughter's bodies were found in the latter's residence.
Inspector General Lohiya said the police found suicide notes from both the locations and they are analysing them. "Though it looks like a suicide pact, we are investigating the case from all angles as it is a serious incident," the senior police officer said.
