Overview
- Two women and three children were found dead on Saturday in a rented house in Vaduthala, Kochi, according to Ernakulam North Police.
- The deceased were identified as Aswathi Nair, her mother Sreekumari, and Aswathi’s children aged 14, 4 and 2, who had been staying in Kochi for medical treatment.
- Police suspect a murder-suicide, with preliminary reports indicating the children may have been poisoned before the two women died by hanging, pending forensic confirmation.
- A case has been registered, relatives are being contacted, and the bodies have been moved for autopsy at Kalamassery Medical College.
- Accounts differ on how the scene was discovered, and officers are also examining family background details reported after the death of Aswathi’s husband last year.