Fed up with life man kills his two kids and himself in Mumbai
The police recovered a suicide note in which Santosh Alkar says he was fed up with his life because he had diabetes and other illnesses.
A 45-year-old man strangled his two children, aged 7 and 10, to death before committing suicide by hanging himself at his Andheri residence on Wednesday. Santosh Alkar, who worked as an LIC agent earlier, was diabetic and unemployed for several years.The police recovered a suicide note in which Alkar says he was fed up with his life because he had diabetes and other illnesses and that he killed his children — Sunil, 10, and Mitali, 7 — as there would be no one to look after them after he was gone.Alkar was a resident of Tarun Bharat cooperative society in Chakala, Andheri (East). His wife was working as a domestic help with a family in Mumbai. The family also has a house in Singapore and they took Radha to work there as they trusted her completely. She is in Singapore at the moment.The police said the incident came to light when Alkar’s younger sister Asha went to his residence around 1.30pm to inquire why he hadn’t come to her house for lunch. “Alkar and his children went to her place for lunch and dinner every day,” Alkar’s elder sister Laxmi said. “When she went to his house, she found the door closed. She peeped into the house from the window and saw Alkar’s body hanging from the ceiling hook by a nylon rope,” Laxmi said.“Sunil and Mitali lay on the floor. We broke open the door and took the children to hospital, but they were declared dead on arrival,” Laxmi said. The police were subsequently informed about the incident.“Sunil was a standard III student at Bombay Cambridge school while Mitali was in senior KG in a private school in Vile Parle,” a police officer said. Senior police inspector Pradeep Gosavi of Andheri police station said the bodies have been sent to Cooper hospital for post-mortem. “We have recovered a suicide note in which Alkar has expressed his love for his wife, saying she had been working hard to fulfil the family’s needs. He apologised to her for not fulfilling her wishes and those of their children,” Gosavi said.“Radha has been in Singapore for the last seven months. She used to regularly send money to her husband and children,” said Vijay, Alkar’s brother-in-law. Alkar’s younger brother, four sisters and their parents live in the same locality.