3 sisters, brother found hanging in Faridabad

FARIDABAD:A 38-year-old man and his three sisters — aged 41, 40 and 39 years — were found hanging from the ceiling fans of their house in Surajkund’s Dayalbagh in Faridabad on Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Meena Mathews (41), Beena Mathews (40), Pradeep Mathews (38) and Jaya Mathews (39) by the police.

Police have recovered a suicide note from the house in which the four siblings have underlined their ongoing financial crisis and the recent deaths of their parents and youngest brother as the main reasons for them taking the extreme step.

Police have ruled out any foul play in the incident and are probing the contents of the suicide note. In their note, the siblings have requested that their belongings be sold to fund their funeral.

Around 7.30am on Saturday, a neighbour raised an alarm after finding blood oozing out of the main entrance of the house, where the siblings lived.

The siblings lived in a two bedroom flat in the three-storey Aman Apartments building, which is situated barely 100 metres from Dayalbagh police post. The neighbour first informed the caretaker of the building and they tried to together peek inside but failed as all the windows and vents had been covered by curtains.

Rajkumar, the caretaker of the building, said, “One window of the main hall of the house had an air cooler. We moved the cooler and peeped in. That is when I saw two women, Meena and Beena, hanging from the ceiling fans in the hall. I immediately informed the others and one of us rushed to the Dayalbagh police post to inform the cops. The police came and broke open the door and found the remaining bodies. Jaya was found hanging from the fan in the first room, while Pradeep was found in another room at the end of the house.”

The caretaker added that as soon as the doors were broken open, a foul stench started emanating from the house. The house was soon swarmed by hundreds of residents from the neighborhood and police personnel. Forensics and crime teams later arrived at the spot.

POLICE HAVE RULED OUT ANY FOUL PLAY IN THE INCIDENT AND ARE PROBING THE CONTENTS OF THE SUICIDE NOTE