UP Man Shoots Mother, Bludgeons Wife, Throws Children From Roof, Then Kills Self

He shot dead his mother Savitri, 65, before bludgeoning his wife Priyanka, 40, with a hammer.

In a shocking case of murder-suicide, a man killed his wife, mother and three children before killing himself in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur on Saturday.

The incident happened in Palhapur village of Rampur Mathura in Sitapur, nearly 90 kilometres from Lucknow.

Anurag Singh, 42, a drug addict and alcoholic, killed his entire family before taking his own life at their home in Palhapur, police said. Anurag, who was also mentally challeged, frequently clashed with his family as they wanted to send him to a de-addiction centre, they added.