Muzaffarnagar (UP), March 31 A 32-year-old man allegedly poisoned his wife and their two young children before taking his own life at his residence here on Tuesday, police said, adding that the incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute over an Eid gift.
The deceased have been identified as Irshad (32), his wife Noreen (30), their son Ahil (2), and a two-month-old daughter, Aksha.
Senior Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar said that upon receiving information, police rushed to the spot in the Sarwat locality and sent all four bodies for postmortem.
During the preliminary investigation, relatives told police that a dispute had arisen between the couple over giving an Eid gift to Irshad's sister, Shaheen, he said.
Following the altercation, Irshad, who was upset, allegedly poisoned his wife and children and later hanged himself from the ceiling in his room, the SSP said. Further investigation is underway.
According to the woman's family, Noreen married Irshad five years ago.
