Bodies of a music teacher and four members of his family were found on railway tracks on Tuesday night in western Odisha town of Sambalpur in a suspected case of a suicide pact. Mutilated bodies of music teacher Dharanidhar Panda, his wife Sangeeta Panda and their three daughters, in the age group of 13-20, were spotted by driver of a train at Sarala junction near Sambalpur town. Inspector of Sambalpur Government Railway Police G Dungdung said preliminary investigation indicates it’s a case of mass suicide. Panda worked as a music teacher in a local school. Expressing shock over the incident, Sambalpur MLA Raseswari Panigrahi demanded a proper probe into the incident to unearth the truth.

Source: Hindustan Times November 08, 2017 06:33 UTC