KOTTAYAM: In a gruesome incident, a casual labourer killed his wife and two teenaged daughters, and later committed suicide, near Puthuppally, on Tuesday, the police said. According to Kottayam East Circle Inspector Rejo P Joseph, Jayan, 40, Punnampathalil house, hacked to death his wife Lata, 36, daughters Divya Mol, 18, and Jyothi, 13.Jayan’s body was found hanging from the ceiling. Divya was a student of IHRD, Puthuppally, while Jyothi was a standard VIII student of St George School, Puthuppally. The note left behind by Jayan said that he was taking the extreme step to settle score with his wife for eloping with her lover a few days ago. In the note, Jayan said that he was depressed over his wife spending his hard earned money.The police official said that Lata had lodged a complaint with the police accusing Jayan of harassing her.The issues between the couple were settled and they had started living together at a rented house. Jayan may have killed Lata and daughters on Monday night and ended his life on Tuesday morning, the police said. Jayan had spoken to one of the relatives about his wife on Tuesday morning. The bodies have been taken to Medical College Hospital here. The postmortem examination will be conducted on Wednesday.
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