Actress Shanthi has appeared in serials including the super hit 'Raja Rani' aired on Vijay TV. She has been living with her family in the Mangadu area of Kanchipuram district. Her husband, Selvaraj was a music school teacher. The couple had three children sons Rajesh and Prakash and daughter Priya. Rajesh and Priya are married and lived nearby with their families while Prakash lived with his parents.

On Monday, Prakash had gone to his sister Priya's house and started an unecessary fight. He had then suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed her in her throat and ran away. Priya's husband and children who were shell shocked ran to Shanthi's house for help and were even more shocked to find that Selvaraj also lay in a pool of blood. It was only then they realised that Prakash had first murdered his father and then came to their house. Priya also succumbed to the stab wound. The police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies of the father and daughter and sent them for post-mortem and started the investigation.

Various shocking information has come out about Prakash who worked as a dubbing artiste in Kollywood. Witnesses have revealed that Prakash is an alcoholic who is also addicted to ganja and was suffering from mental illness. They added that the young man committed the double murder when his mother Shanti had gone to the hospital to buy medicines for his mental illness. The incident has shocked the area people.