Surat: 7 of family dead; police suspect mass suicide

Seven members of a family, including three children, were found dead in the Adajan locality apartment in Surat, Gujarat on Saturday, with one person hanging and the others apparently poisoned in a suspected case of mass suicide. A note suggested financial distress as the motive. The deceased included Manish Solanki (37), a contractor, his wife, parents, and their children aged 6, 10, and 13. Police are investigating the exact cause of their deaths.