Mangaluru: The elderly couple, living in the village of Badagannur Pattture Taluk, 50km from here, has committed suicide by hanging in their homes.
The incident was revealed on Monday when their son-in-law came to their room to wake them up.
The police suspect that the couple – K Subrahmanya Bhat, 84, and Sharada, 78 – may have ended their lives cannot bear the suffering of physical diseases related to age and diabetes.
While the subrahmanya has hanged itself from a ceiling fan with a nylon strap, his wife looks in the same state in another room.
P Natasha Bhat, the son of the couple, stated in complaints that his parents had food with them and retired to their room on the ground floor at 10pm.
Nagesh, along with his family, sleep on the first floor of the house.
The incident was revealed on Monday, when Nagesh’s wife tried to wake the couple at 6 am.
As has been registered at the Rural Putture Police Station.