Vijayawada: Five members of a family were found dead at their house in Patamata here on Tuesday.
Police said the Orthopedic doctor D Srinivas was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the balcony of his house. His wife D Usha (38), daughter Sailaja (9), son Srihan (8) and mother Ramanamma (65) were found dead in a pool of blood in the bed room.
Police said that a maid servant went to the house and found the bodies in the house.
Family members of deceased Dr.Srinivas told the media that he opened a hospital in the city two years ago and incurred huge losses. He sold the hospital later.
Police suspect that financial constraints might have forced him to commit suicide after killing his wife, two children and mother.
The police searched the area for clues, registered a case and shifted the bodies to the Government General Hospital (GGH) for postmortem.