Four of family commit suicide in Rajasthan's Churu

Jaipur: Four persons of a family today allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a pond at Ranasar village in Churu district, the police said.

Passersby in the village this morning spotted the floating bodies in the pond and informed the police, they said.

The deceased were identified as Bhanwarlal Kumhar (37), years, his wife Maina Devi (35), daughter Sumitra (18) and son Kishan Lal (15), the police said.

The bodies were taken out and sent for post-mortem to a government hospital in Jaistsar, they said.

The exact reason of the alleged suicides was yet to be ascertained, police said.