Share market losses drove techie family to suicide?

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Kadugodi police probing the tragic deaths of a techie and his family, claim that financial distress could be the cause.

Veerarjuna Vijay, 32, wife Hemavathi, 29, and their daughters Moksha Meghanayana, 2, and eight-month old Srishti Sunayana, were found dead in their flat in Sai Garden apartments in Seegehalli here.

The police had collected mobile phones and laptops from the spot to ascertain the reason for the extreme step.

The police said the investigation has revealed that Vijay lost all his money in the share market. Vijay, an MCA graduate, had invested a lot of money in the share market.

However after losing the money, the family had been facing financial distress. Vijay is suspected to have strangled his wife on July 31 and the next day, he strangled his two daughters using a rope.

He hanged himself on the third day