Hyderabad: Unable to repay a loan of Rs 22 lakh, a 36-year-old software engineer with IBM, killed his wife and two children and then committed suicide at his home in Hyderabad.

According to the police, the four died at their home on Monday, but the relatives got to know only on Monday. LB Nagar police identified the dead as K Pradeep Kumar, wife Swathi, 28, and their children Kalyan Krishna, 6, and Jaya Krishna (18 months), a Times of India report read. The police said Pradeep first poisoned his wife and kids and then killed himself a few hours later.