palwal five members of a family including a couple and three children were found dead at aurangabad village in haryanas palwal district early on wednesdaywhile police are yet to ascertain the reason behind the deaths they suspect the man naresh kumar 36 had poisoned his wife and the three minors and then smothered them with a pillow before taking his own life an fir under ipc section 302 murder has been filed against kumar at mundkati police station police saidaccording to kumars father lakhi ram 70 he was sleeping outside the house in the courtyard around 530am on wednesday ram said he called for his son but got no response a few minutes later he asked a neighbour to wake the family who went inside the house and found kumar hanging from a ceiling fan and the four others kumars wife aarti 32 their children sanjay 13 and varsha 12 and niece ravita 14 lying motionless on a charpoy police saiddeputy superintendent of police dsp hodal sajjan singh said we suspect that kumar had given sleeping tablets to his wife and the children later when they fell unconscious he smothered them with a pillowlocal residents have told police that the family was not facing any financial or other crisis the 36yearold had left farming six months back and opened a dhaba in uttar pradeshs jhansi district around a week back kumar had sold his tractor for nearly rs 3 lakhaccording to ram his son had come to visit his family on tuesday afternoon when i spoke to him two days back he had asked me to meet him today its shocking and very hard to believe what has happened kumars cousin bhagat singh chauhan saidmeanwhile aartis sister pooja has told police that while the couple shared a good relationship ram would fight with them over money and other petty issues he never liked my sister she said kumar is survived by his father and sevenyearold daughter who had started living with pooja two months ago