Bangalore: A doctor couple an their two sons, one of them also a medical graduate the other a medical student, all died in a pact of committing mass suicide, by injecting a paralytic and poisonous drug at their home, also a hospital on the outside, at Valmiki Nagar off Mysore Road on the midnight of Thursday, Dec 1.

All were Muslims. They got a paralytic drug associated with muscle breakdown, a known as succi-nyl-choline, that led to killing heart beats, driven by huge debt outstandings, police observed, to commit a voluntary mass death. A debt of over Rs. 1 crore was left behind.

Mohd. Amanullah (61), wife Naveeda Banu (50), Mohd. Ehtesham Rasheed (28) and Mohd. Afham Rasheed (26) ignored their responsibility to repay debts.

There was an adopted daughter of 22, Naziya, who was locked up in her room by the foster-parents, and she pleaded with the head of the family to release her, minutes before the mayhem. Even here mobile phone had been taken away by the culprits of suicide.

She had to beat the doors all night in a helpless situation, Police added. Rest his history.