CHENNAI: A doctor and his family were found dead at their home in Chennai’s Anna Nagar. The dead are Dr Balamurugan, a sonologist, his wife advocate Sumathy and their sons Jaswant Kumar (17) and Lingesh (15). All four were found hanging inside the house this morning.

Dr Balamurugan was running a scan business in Anna Nagar. The initial conclusion is that the huge loss incurred drove them to take the drastic step. Sumathi was an advocate in the court in Chennai. Jaswant was studying in Plus Two and Lingesh in Class X.

As there was no response when their driver visited the house Thursday morning, he informed the neighbours. When they peeped through the window, found the couple hanging in one room and their sons in another room. The locals immediately informed the police.

The police reached the spot, completed the initial examination and shifted the bodies to the hospital for postmortem. The initial assessment of the police is that there is nothing unusual in the incident and the family may have committed suicide. The police have registered a case in the incident.