Wednesday, 06 February 2013 14:39

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Rubber estate owner (two from left) passed away a week ago, while his family was found burnt to death IPOH: Several facts point to a possibility of suicide in the case of a family found burnt to death in their home in Sungei Siput.

Sungai Siput OCPD Supt Azman Salim said the family was last seen by their neighbours at about 7pm on Monday.

He said the neighbours found the house very quiet until they heard an explosion at about 12.10am. There was also information that the family had purchased RM60 worth of petrol.

“The family was also managing the funeral matters of the deceased father earlier on Monday morning,” he told reporters on Wednesday.

Supt Azman said police did not find any criminal elements at the moment.

The bodies of S. Jayalatchumy, 45, her children R. Thilagawati, 23, R. Puvaneswary, 21, and R. Suhan, 17, were found in the kitchen of their rented single-storey house in Taman Bukit Medan early Tuesday.

The incident came four days after the father, M. Rajan, 48, an estate owner, died at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh on Feb 1 after a prolonged illness.

State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said the family did not mix with the neighbours.

“Currently, the information points to suicide, but we need to wait for the forensic report," he said.

- The Star

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Family Found Burnt Was Grieving Father's Recent Passing

SUNGAI SIPUT: Four days after the death of a rubber estate owner, the charred remains of his wife and three children were found at their burnt house in Taman Bukit Medan here.

The Fire and Rescue Department personnel found the bodies of S. Jayalatchumy, 45, R. Thilagawati, 23, R. Puvaneswary, 21, and R. Suhan, 17, in the kitchen of the rented single-storey house after midnight.

When firefighters went to the kitchen area, they found two bodies hugging each other, while the other two bodies were found nearby.

Sungai Siput OCPD Supt Azman Salim said police had not ruled out that the four took their lives as they could not accept Rajan’s death.

“However, we are still carrying out investigations,” he added.

On Feb 1, the estate owner, M. Rajan, 48, believed to have been suffering from a prolonged illness, died at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh.

His wife and children cremated him the next day without informing relatives about it.

The eldest daughter is believed to be working as a clerk at Tenaga Nasional, while the other daughter was studying in a college and the youngest son, a student at SK Kampung Muhibbah.

Jayalatchumy’s shocked brother Ramesh Rao, 47, said it had been three years since his sister and her family had cut ties with the entire family, including that of Rajan’s.

Ramesh, a production operator at a factory here, said the five had been very close to each other and stopped mixing with other people for unknown reasons.

“I did not even know that my brother-in-law had died until I was told by a policeman upon hearing that my sister’s house had caught fire at about 2.40am yesterday,” he said at the Sungai Siput hospital mortuary here yesterday.

Ramesh said the five of them never attended any functions, be it weddings, funerals or any other gatherings.

“The five could not live without each other.

“My sister and her children would have been devastated over Rajan’s death,” he said.

Sungai Siput BN coordinator R. Ganesan said he had spoken to the Sungai Siput BN chairman Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who said that MIC would take care of the funeral.

Ganesan said the funeral was expected to be held today.