Former BJP leader, 3 family members found dead in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha

The former BJP councillor died along with his wife and two sons days after posting on social media his sons’ rare genetic condition

A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader posted a message on social media and later allegedly ended his life along with his wife and two minor sons -- both of them suffering from a rare genetic disease -- at their home in Vidisha town of Madhya Pradesh, police said.

Around 6 pm, Vidisha Nagar Mandal vice-president and former BJP corporator Sanjeev Mishra, 45, apparently upset over the illness of his sons, posted a message on social media stating, “God should not give even his enemy’s children incurable duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) disorder,” the police said.

His acquaintances, on reading the post, rushed to his house in the Bunty Nagar area, where they found Mishra, his wife, and two sons aged 13 and 7 unresponsive, said the police.

All the four were rushed to the district hospital where they died during treatment, they said.

Collector Umashankar Bhargava told reporters that Mishra's sons suffered from a genetic disease called muscular dystrophy, which is said to be incurable.

In a note left behind by the deceased, Mishra wrote about not able to save his sons, said Mr. Bhargava.