Raipur: Three persons of a family allegedly committed suicide at Tulsi Nevra village in the district on Monday.
"The bodies of the siblings, including two teenage girls and their brother, were found hanging from the ceiling of their house in Tulsi Nevra village under Nevra police station limits," a senior police official said.
The deceased were identified as Durga (16), Sumitra (19) and Bhupendra Sahu (22), he said.
When repeated knocks on the door of their house were not answered this morning, their relatives informed the Sarpanch, who contacted the police.
The bodies were found hanging from the ceiling at separate places in the house, the official said.
A suicide note was recovered from the spot, which said nobody should be blamed for the act, he said.
Bhupendra was the sole caretaker of his sisters after their parents' death last year, police said, adding the reason behind the extreme step could be ascertained after an elaborate investigation.
A case has been registered and further probe is under way, he said.
In another incident, a 30-year-old woman committed suicide after allegedly poisoning her elderly mother to death in Rajendra Nagar area of the district, police said.
"Prima facie it appears that Durgeshwari Dhruv poisoned her mother, Kamla Dhruv (70), to death before hanging herself from the ceiling of their house," the police official said.
However, the exact cause behind the deaths can be ascertained only after receiving the post-mortem report, he said.
A case has been registered and further investigation is on, police added.
