Man kills wife, son and self as lockdown deprived him of any job in India

Gulf Today Report

It is not only the patients or their kin who are suffering during the latest wave of coronavirus in India, but the surge complicated by  lockdowns is having fatal effect on the lives of daily wagers.

A man, who was rendered jobless because of latest lockdown took the extreme step of killing his wife, their infant son before committing suicide by hanging himself.

The tragic incident took place in Kadamwak area on the outskirts of Pune in Maharashtra..

The incident happened on Sunday when the bodies of the deceased - Hanumantha Daryappa Shinde, 38, his wife Pragya, 28, and their infant son Shivtej - were recovered from their home.

Shinde's fathe, Daryappa A. Shinde lodged a complaint with Loni Kalbhor Police Station, said Investigating Officer Bhagwat Shendge.

As per preliminary investigations, the Shinde family hailed from Solapur and had come looking for work to Kadamwak a few months ago.

They were living in a rented chawl and eked out a living doing odd jobs in the vicinity which stopped after the latest phases of lockdown were implemented.

Feeling depressed and helpless due to unemployment, around noon on Sunday, Shinde strangulated his wife, slashed his son's throat, before ending his own life by hanging himself with a dupatta from the fan.

The three bodies have been sent for an autopsy.