In a shocking incident in Tamil Nadu, a 37-year-old man who doesn't have a job murdered his three children and committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree branch at a village near Sriperumbudur. Lockdown had lead to lack of job, which lead to him taking this decision, it is said.

Arumugam had already been in home without employment and lockdown had resulted in his wife Gomathi Ammal, a housekeeping employee leading her life without salary. It was only recently that she resumed her job after 50 days.

Arumugam strangled his elder daughter Rajeswari (12), drowned Shalini (10) and Sethuraman (8). It is said that Arumugam had regular arguments with his wife Gomathi Ammal regarding his joblessness. Yesterday when Gomathi Ammal returned home she found Arumugam and their kids missing, and later found her elder daughter Rajeswari lying dead. As she screamed, neighbours arrived and searched and found Arumugam hanging from a tree on a farm near his hous, and later the bodies of two other children were also found. Police have registered a case of murder against Arumugam.