A diamond worker’s wife and two children have died after the four of them allegedly consumed a poisonous substance near their residence in Gujarat’s Surat city apparently due to financial problems.
The family took the extreme step late Wednesday evening, the condition of the diamond worker, Vinu Mordiya (55), was critical.
Moradiya has two daughters and two sons. His one daughter and son took the extreme step along with him and his wife outside the house, while the other two children were at home.
Mordiya, his 50-year-old wife Shardaben, son Krish (20) and daughter Senita (15) allegedly consumed Aluminium Phosphide tablets near a canal in the Sarthana area of Surat late Wednesday evening.