Harassed by children over property, elderly couple dies by suicide in Rajasthan's Nagaur

Alleging harassment by their children over property, an elderly couple died by "suicide" at their house in Rajasthan's Nagaur, police said.

Their bodies were found inside a water tank of the house on Thursday, police said, adding a suicide note was found pasted on the walls of the house. According to the suicide note their sons and daughters-in-law were "harassing them over property."

" In the morning, their son called the Police station and said that neighbours are saying since the last 2 days, there has been no movement of his mother and father and that he feels they might have taken some extreme step," Narayan Togas, Superintendent of Police, Nagaur, told ANI.

"Police reached the spot, searched the nearby spots and found their bodies inside a tank. Post-mortem will be done. There was a suicide note pasted on the wall and according to that it appears to be a case of family issue," he added.

The police have started further investigation into the case.