Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Sudha, 38, her son Maunish, 14, and her mother Madamma, 68, found Monday morning at their Tavarekere home under Suddaguntepalya limits.
- Investigators say preliminary findings indicate Sudha allegedly poisoned her son around 9 a.m. before consuming poison herself.
- DCP Sara Fathima said postmortem has indicated the grandmother died of cardiac arrest, likely from shock after witnessing the collapse of her daughter and grandson.
- Officers recovered a handwritten note listing phone numbers of people the family believed owed money, and they are verifying whether lender pressure contributed to the deaths.
- Police cite mounting debts after losses in small ventures selling biryani, chips and milk, with the two women later working as domestic help, and have registered a case while forensic inquiry continues.