Gujarat: 3 of diamond worker’s family kill self

Surat: A diamond worker’s wife and two children have died after the four of them allegedly consumed a poisonous substance near their residence in Gujarat’s Surat city apparently due to financial problems, police said on Thursday.

The family took the extreme step late Wednesday evening, they said, adding the condition of the diamond worker, Vinu Mordiya (55), was critical.

Moradiya has two daughters and as many sons.

His one daughter and son took the extreme step along with him and his wife outside the house, while the other two children were at home.

Mordiya, his 50-year-old wife Shardaben, son Krish (20) and daughter Senita (15) allegedly consumed Aluminium Phosphide tablets near a canal in Sarthana area of Surat late Wednesday evening, Assistant Commissioner of Police P K Patel said. “They were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital by locals. Vinubhai’s wife, son and daughter died during treatment while Vinubhai is critical,” he said.

“Preliminary probe has revealed Vinubhai is a diamond worker and financial crisis may have led the family to take this extreme step,” Patel said, adding a probe is on into the case.