Bureaucrat, His Family Found Dead At Kerala Home, Cops Suspect Suicide

An additional commissioner of central excise and GST, his mother, and sister were found dead at their residence in Kerala’s Kochi on Thursday. The police suspect it to be a case of death by suicide, though investigations are ongoing to determine the exact sequence of events.

The grim discovery was made when colleagues of the bureaucrat, Manish Vijay, visited his home after he failed to return to work following a four-day leave. Upon reaching the Customs Quarters in Kakkanad, Ernakulam district, they were met with a strong stench emanating from the flat. Alarmed, they immediately alerted the police.

When the police entered the residence, they found the bodies of 48-year-old Manish Vijay and his 45-year-old sister, Shalini, hanging in separate rooms. Their 75-year-old mother, Shakunthala, was found lying on a bed, draped in a white cloth with flowers placed beside her. The condition of the bodies suggested they had been dead for several days, with signs of decomposition already setting in.