Three siblings commit suicide in Curchorem
NT News Service
Margao, March 16: Bodies of three members of a family
who committed suicide by setting themselves ablaze
were found today in their house at Bagwaddo-Curchorem.
The three siblings, who left a suicide note, were
apparently upset over failure of some litigation case.
The sub-divisional police officer, Mr Mohan Naik
disclosed that the three siblings had been identified
as Ms Libania Fernandes (30), Ms Terezinha Fernandes
(28) and Mr Alex Fernandes (25). Both the sisters are
graduates, while the brother is a school dropout.
Their fourth sibling, Mr Alexander Fernandes is
working abroad, while the father, Mr Salin Fernandes
owns a truck and is working in Hospet, Karnataka.
Mr Naik informed that some 15 days back their mother,
Ms Aurora Fernandes (60) had gone to Bogda-Vasco to
visit her ailing sister. Yesterday, when Ms Aurora
Fernandes returned home, she knocked the front as well
back doors of the house several times. But nobody
responded to her persistent knocks. Ms Aurora
Fernandes then visited her second sister, who is
living in the vicinity. She returned home late evening
and persisted with knocks. As nobody opened the doors
this time also, she spent the night at her sister’s
place.
Today morning, after knocks and shouts at her house,
she lodged a complaint with the Curchorem police
station. Acting upon her complaint, a team led by
police inspector, Mr Nelson Albuquerque rushed to Ms
Aurora Fernandes’ house, which is located one and half
kilometer away from the Curchorem market. The police
called in a fire brigade and broke open the front
door. When they entered the house they found burnt and
decomposed bodies of the two sisters in the sitting
room, while Mr Alex Fernandes’ decomposed body was
found in the bedroom, Mr Naik informed.
He said the siblings left a suicide note asking that
their bodies be buried in their plot. The note written
in Konkani — both Devnagari and Roman scripts — says:
Amchem moddem plotant purpachem. The note also speaks
about the failure of a litigation case. The police
have attached the suicide note.
The police said the siblings might have set themselves
ablaze by pouring kerosene. They informed that burnt
household articles and clothes had also been found.
The police said the siblings might have ended their
lives due to mental depression. However, they said
that investigation was in progress.
There are four to five houses located in the vicinity.
The police have recorded statements of some people who
are living in the area. A neighbour told The Navhind
Times that he saw smoke billowing out of the house in
the evening of March 13. While another said that he
saw one of the siblings on March 12. The police guess
that the siblings might have committed suicide in the
evening of March 13.
Expressing shock over the mass suicide, the locals
revealed that most people residing in the area were
not in talking terms with the Fernandes family. They
informed that the sisters hardly spoke to the
neighbours. The Fernandes family had been at
loggerheads with some neighbours over fence and
cutting of branches of a tree, the police informed.
The crestfallen mother is crying over the loss of her
children.
The bodies have been shifted to the Hospicio Hospital,
Margao, and post-mortem report is awaited. Dr Pujari
of the Hospicio Hospital visited the place. The
superintendent of police, Mr Agarawal also visited the
Fernandes house. The police investigation is being
carried out by Mr Albuquerque.
- Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
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