Overview
- The case, which unfolded Wednesday in Tirupati district, left five members of one family dead in Venkatakrishna Palem.
- Police say Mohan strangled his wife Haritha, 33, and his mother Chandrakala, 65, at home before picking up his children, Kaushik, 14, and Harini, 12, from school.
- At Vepagunta railway station that evening, he lay on the track and the Egmore–Kacheguda Express struck him as his children tried to pull him away, killing all three.
- Narayanavanam police opened a homicide probe for the deaths at the house, while Government Railway Police registered a separate rail‑track case and sent all bodies for post-mortems at Puttur government hospital.
- Investigators have not identified a motive, with one early police note citing no money troubles and mental soundness, while the Puttur DSP pointed to possible psychological issues still under review.