Bureaucrat, Son Kill Themselves. Wife, Daughter Did Same In July

In July, bureaucrat BK Bansal was in jail when he was told that his wife and daughter had hanged themselves in their home in Delhi. In a tragic replay two months later, Mr Bansal and his 28-year-old son were found hanging this morning.

Their last visitor was a priest who had performed many pujas for the family as Mr Bansal battled a CBI investigation for corruption. "We might go out for 10-15 days," the officer reportedly told him, handing him Rs.2,000 on Monday evening.

The Bansals also spent hours at the CBI office, which had become routine, according to neighbours.

Father and son were found dead around 8.40 am on Tuesday by the house help, who walked in through an unlocked door. Mr Bansal was hanging in his wife's room and his son Yogesh in his sibling's room.

Suicide notes and copies of them were placed in different rooms, say the police. Family photos were attached to every note. They reportedly alleged harassment by the CBI.

Mr Bansal was a Director General in the Corporate Affairs ministry when he was arrested on July 17 on charges of accepting Rs. 9 lakh as bribe from a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company that wanted to buy its way out of an investigation. The CBI said it found Rs. 60 lakh in cash, 20 property papers and details of 60 bank accounts at the official's home.

Two days after his arrest, his wife Satyabala, 58, and daughter Neha, 27, allegedly hanged themselves using stoles. Yogesh had reportedly been called to the CBI for questioning and was not at home at the time.

Mrs Bansal and her daughter left similar suicide notes in which they wrote that they felt humiliated by the CBI raids. Granted bail for their funerals, Mr Bansal sounded stoic when he told neighbours: "Life must go on."

He was released on bail on August 26.

Source: NDTV