Head constable shoots wife, two daughters to death; kills himself in Andhra Pradesh

Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh): A 55-year old Andhra Pradesh police head constable allegedly shot dead three members of his family - wife and two daughters- and later shot himself to death, an official said on Thursday.

The incident, which is entirely due to personal reasons, came to light on Thursday morning and police recovered a suicide note from the 1993 batch



policeman's house, the police official added.

"His name is Venkateswarlu and he was working as a writer in Kadapa two town police station. He worked till 11 pm last night (Wednesday) and took a pistol and some rounds from the police station and went to his house," Kadapa sub-divisional police officer Md. Sharif told PTI