A nine-month-old boy is believed to have died of starvation after his mother, his grandmother, and two other adult members of the family allegedly ended their lives around three days ago, leaving him and his 2.5 year-old cousin alone. The girl barely survived the trauma and is undergoing treatment, said the police.
The bodies were discovered at the family’s residence in Thigalarapalya on Friday night. “Going by the heavily decomposed state, we suspect they may have killed themselves at least three to four days ago, but are waiting for the postmortem report,” said the police.
The incident came to light when the children’s grandfather, Shankar, who was away, returned home on Friday evening and was unable to enter the house. He informed Byadarahalli Police who rushed to the two-storeyed house the family lived in and broke open the door.
They found four bodies, one in each room: Shankar’s wife Bharathi (51) and their three children, Sinchana (34), the mother of the girl who…