Bhubaneswar, March 15 A 52-year-old man is alleged to have committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance after killing his wife, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old granddaughter in Odisha's Deogarh district following a domestic dispute, police said on Sunday.
Ramesh Garia is alleged to have killed the three people in Gariapali village in the Kundheigola area on Wednesday night and fled the scene. His two sons were not in the village at the time, a police officer said.
After receiving information about the incident from Garia's son, police seized the bodies and launched an investigation. The police found Garia hiding on top of an overhead water tank in the village on Saturday, he said.
However, when the police and fire services personnel reached the scene and attempted to bring him down, he threatened to jump from the tank, prompting officials to conduct a rescue operation, Deogarh Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Mishra said.
After a prolonged operation, the police, with the help of fire service personnel, tried to overpower Garia, but as they approached him, he is alleged to have consumed some poisonous liquid substance, which he had kept with him, Mishra said.
He was immediately rushed to the Deogarh district headquarters hospital and was later transferred to VIMSAR, Burla as his condition deteriorated, the SP said.
He later died at VIMSAR, Burla on Saturday night while undergoing treatment, Mishra added.