Police in Maharashtra’s Washim district recovered the bodies of four members of a single family in Tivli village under Malegaon taluka. According to a report published on Sunday by Indian media outlet NDTV, the male member of the family was found hanging, while the bodies of his wife, son, and daughter were later discovered in a nearby well.

Sub-inspector Imran Pathan of Shirpur police station said officers reached the scene after receiving information around 4:30 p.m. and began a preliminary investigation. The four bodies were sent to the morgue, and post-mortem examinations are scheduled for the following day to determine the exact cause of death.

Police confirmed that an investigation into the incident is ongoing, and the cause of the deaths will be known after the autopsy results are released.