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Man burns wife, daughter, commits suicide

Updated on: 29 December,2010 12:50 PM IST  | 
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A poverty-stricken drug addict burnt his wife and two-year-old daughter before setting himself on fire in Punjab's Jalandhar city, police said on Wednesday. All three died.

Man burns wife, daughter, commits suicide

"When we broke open the door, his wife and daughter had been charred on the bed. He was lying in a corner. He succumbed to his burn injuries while we were taking him to the hospital," a police officer said.


"It looks as if he set them on fire first and then committed suicide by burning himself too," the officer said.

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