Dehradun Canal Suicide

Six children from a family in Dehradun were drugged with sleeping pills by their grand-parents before they drowned in a local canal. Their grand-mother and two other relatives jumped into the same canal. Only the grand-mother survived.

In a tragic incident, 10 members of a family, including six children, allegedly committed suicide today by jumping into a canal at Vikasnagar town near here, police said.

Six children from a family in Dehradun were drugged with sleeping pills by their grand-parents before they drowned in a local canal. Their grand-mother and two other relatives jumped into the same canal. Only the grand-mother survived.

In a tragic incident, 10 members of a family, including six children, allegedly committed suicide today by jumping into a canal at Vikasnagar town near here, police said.