Jaipur: Superstition and blind faith can prove to be fatal. A
family of five people in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan consumed
poison and died in the belief that they would meet god.
The family of a photographer Kanchan Singh residing in Gangapur
city consumed cyanide laced laddoos on Thursday. Singh also made a
video of the entire incident and was even seen telling his family how he
tried to meet Lord Shiva in heaven but failed. The family members who
died include Singh's wife, three children and his engineer brother.
In fact the entire family was extremely religious and used to
observe every festivals and religious ceremonies. They even watched only
religious serials and shows on TV and the children were extremely
influenced by a serial on Lord Shiva. The entire matter came to light
after the police examined the video.
Before committing suicide Singh made a video of each and every member
of the family and asked them why they wanted to die and also about
their feelings. Then the entire family sat together and Singh gave them
the laddoos laced with cyanide. All the family members ate the laddoos
together and all of them died within a few minutes of each other.
The family members have been identified and they are Kanchan
Singh, his wife Neelam, brother Deep Singh, son Pradyumn and daughter
Rini has died on the spot. When Singh's niece Rashmi saw her family
members dying, she ran away and informed the neighbours, who reached the
house and found Singh's mother and nephew alive.
The three surviving members have been admitted to the Sawai Mansingh Hospital in a critical condition.
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