Daijiworld Media Network - Mysuru (SP)
Mysuru, May 26: A software engineer, whose company had declared lockout, was frustrated to no end at the fact that he has been forced to manage the family expenses out of meagre pension drawn by his father. Unable to bear the agony, he killed his wife and daughter by slicing their throats. He also tried to kill himself but survived. This incident happened on Wednesday May 23.
R Prajwal (42), son of M Ramachandra, residing near Basavanahalli Circle in Vijayanagara fourth stage, was the person who killed wife, Savitha (39), and daughter, Sinchana (11).
Prajwal had married Savitha 12 years ago. Both were working as software engineers for a private company in the past. As the company closed its operations, they lost their jobs and settled in the city. Since a year, both of them were hunting for jobs but failed to get any. Prajwal's father, Ramachandra, who happens to be a retired employee of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, was managing the family expenses of his son out of the pension he gets. Prajwal was always bothered by the bleak future he and his family were facing.
May 24 happened to be the marriage anniversary of the couple. Prajwal talked to his wife on May 23 night and proposed suicide of the entire family on the anniversary as the best possible solution to the nagging problem, but his wife rejected the idea. Therefore, on Wednesday, at around 1.30 pm, when Savitha was asleep, he went to her room, and sliced her throat. He then brought home his daughter, Sinchana, who had gone to her maternal grandmother's house, and sliced her throat too, police personnel stated.
He later consumed liquor and spent the whole night thinking about what he did. Late night on May 24, he consumed poison mixed with liquor and inflicted injuries to his hand and throat in an attempt to kill himself. Sometime thereafter, he began vomiting uncontrollably. Unable to bear the pain, at 1.20 am on Friday, he informed his father over phone about what he had done. His father rushed to the house of his son, and admitted him into a private hospital, the police, who registered a case, stated.