Overview

• Police say the incident occurred on Saturday in Gonakanahalli, Hoskote taluk, with the mother, Manjula, 30, detained on murder charges.
• Investigators cite loans for medical treatment and loss of income after Shivakumar’s earlier accident as central financial pressures on the family.
• The children, Chandrakala, 11, and Uday Surya, 7, were allegedly strangled and their heads submerged in water before Shivakumar, 32, died by hanging, according to police.
• Officers report the couple consumed alcohol beforehand; Manjula has told police she left briefly to buy food and returned to find her husband dead, a version under verification.
• The Hosakote police have registered a case, sent the bodies for autopsy, and say neighbours and relatives helped alert authorities and prevent Manjula’s suicide.