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Suicide pact? 4 of a family found dead in Mapusa flat

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MAPUSA 

In what appears to be a case of mass suicide, four members of a family including two minor sons were found dead in a second floor flat of an apartment in Mapusa.   

Mapusa Police have found a four-page suicide note and has, as of now, registered the case as unnatural death.  

Shahu Dhumale (45), his wife Kavita (40) and their two sons Paras (9) and Sairaj (2) were natives of Gandhinglaj-Kholapur in Maharashtra, but residing in a flat of God’s Gift apartment at Khorlim in Mapusa.  

Police informed that the husband’s body was found hanging at the entrance of the flat while the other three bodies were found lying on the floor in one of the bedrooms.  

There were no visible external injuries on the bodies but the exact cause of death will be known only after the autopsy, police said.  

“We have recovered a four-page note from the bedroom. It’s quite an extensive note which we are trying to analyse,” DySP Edwin Colaco said.  

Police said prima facie it appeared to be a case of suicide but are looking into other angles too.   “We cannot rule out anything at this stage. We are trying to

Family attempted suicide 3 months ago!
MAPUSA: The four-page suicide note found at the scene of offence revealed that three months back the Dhumale family had attempted a similar suicide bid but was not successful.    
A police source privy to the investigation informed The Goan that the family took the extreme step due to severe financial crisis.  
According to the suicide note, the family was in huge debts and was not in a position to pay off the loans.  
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