Overview
- The deceased were identified as K.T. Kaladharan, his mother Usha KT, and his children Hima, 6, and Kannan, 2, at their home in Ramanthali, Payyannur.
- A suicide note recovered by police referenced marital discord and a dispute over custody following a recent family court order.
- Investigators found a bottle suspected to contain milk mixed with pesticide, aligning with forensic indications of poisoning.
- Payyannur police registered an unnatural-death case, completed autopsies, handed the bodies to relatives, and said the probe is continuing.
- Officers said the children’s grandfather was booked earlier under the POCSO Act based on the mother’s complaint and was living away under bail conditions.