Mysuru: A 49-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and two daughters before dying by suicide in Mysuru district on Tuesday, police said.

The incident occurred at New Maruti Layout in Hunsur town, they said.

Police said Harish was engaged in the real estate business.

According to the police, Harish allegedly killed his 36-year-old wife, Nishith, and their daughters, aged 14 and eight, before hanging himself.

Adhesive tape found covering the mouths of his wife and daughters indicated that they may have died of suffocation. However, the exact cause of death will be ascertained only after the post-mortem examination, police said.

According to the police, he left a suicide note stating that he would be found hanging in an upstairs room.

The purported note mentioned property documents kept in a locker, specified the location of the keys, and requested the police to hand them over to a person named in the note.

A preliminary inquiry revealed that he had sent his mother to his grandmother’s house three days earlier, a police official said.

The Hunsur City police visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Speaking to reporters, Mysuru Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baldandi said information about the deaths was received at around 12.12 pm.

During the spot inspection, Harish was found hanging on the first floor of the house, he added.

“On the ground floor, in one of the bedrooms, his wife and their two daughters, aged 14 and eight, were found lying on the bed. According to the preliminary information available, the faces of all three had been covered with adhesive tape,” he said.

“We recovered a suicide note from the bedroom, and another note written in a register kept on a table. In them, he had mentioned several matters, such as details of his properties, the persons to whom they should be handed over or transferred, and his debts,” the SP said.

“His mother has informed us about the debts. We are investigating whether the incident was triggered by financial liabilities. We are examining whether there were any family-related issues or other reasons behind the incident,” he added.

Police said the exact reason behind the incident was yet to be ascertained and that further investigation was underway.