Why are some people committing suicide after killing their family?

Due to a family dispute, 37-year-old Kazi Vishwakarma (Ghimire) called Raju committed suicide by killing his wife 38-year-old Premkumari Shrestha called Ishwari, daughter 8-year-old Anisha Shrestha and granddaughter (son's daughter) 2-year-old Sivana Shrestha. The bodies of his wife, daughter and granddaughter were found inside the house.

Kazi's body was found in the forest of Hruite Gumba some distance from Dera . According to DSP Poornima Chand of Swayambhoo Metropolitan Police Circle, before his death, Kazi called his father-in-law and sister-in-law and told them that he had killed them and that he was going to die. According to DSP Chand, a video of the murder of Kazi was also found on the mobile phone of his minor son, who is about 14-15 years old. In the video, he has confessed to killing his wife after an unpleasant incident occurred due to his wife's extramarital affair.

Kazi is deceased Ishwari's second husband and Anisha is their daughter. The granddaughter is the daughter of Ishwari's son from her first husband. According to the police, the minor son and Siwana's mother (daughter-in-law) were outside at the time of the murder. Siwana's father is in the Gulf countries for foreign employment.

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On January 27, a woman from Ochuhite in Mahalakshmi Municipality-4 Imadol killed her two children and committed suicide. After seeing 36-year-old Raveena Maharjan jumping on Saturday afternoon, the locals rescued her and took her to the hospital. When looking inside the house, children aged 6 and 2 were found unconscious. Locals also took them to the hospital for treatment. But Rabina along with both her children died in the hospital. Ravina's husband was not at home when the incident happened. According to the inquiry of the police, the locals said that the incident may have happened due to family reasons.

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Last November, 35-year-old Tika Gurung, who was camping in Dhankuta Municipality-1 Nigale, 36-year-old wife Bhima Gurung and 10-year-old son Ayush killed and committed suicide. According to the locals, the Gurung couple used to make a living as wage labourers. According to District Police Office Dhankuta, Teeka committed suicide after killing his wife and son while drunk. According to the locals, there used to be a fight between the Gurung couple after drinking alcohol.

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The representative cases mentioned are recent cases of family members killing and committing suicide due to family disputes. Cruel trends are portrayed. .

Police spokesperson Bhim Dhakal says that such incidents have started to increase due to negative decisions made by people on impulse due to family tension, receb, financial crisis, extramarital affairs. "In the last year, we have seen that such incidents have started happening within the society of family, relatives, and acquaintances," he said, stating that the trend of killing people has changed. has started .'

With modernization and the use of social media, ethics and intimacy within the family and society are decreasing, and conflicts within the family lead to murder and suicide. "Some incidents have arisen due to economic transactions, dealings are done within acquaintances, relationships between acquaintances, after tension and problems are created, instead of taking positive steps to solve these unpleasant incidents, such unpleasant incidents are happening," said Dhakal.

Clinical Psychologist Vijay Gyawali says that suicide after murder reflects the social mirror . Gyawali said, ``When people think about what is happening in the society and create ideas and show them in practice, these incidents have started to happen.'' In his words,

has not been done even though it is necessary to study such a serious incident. He tells that he is following some developments and says, "If we look in depth, after the earthquake, this is happening due to the corona epidemic, economic crisis, foreign employment." The ability to face economic crisis and family problems varies from person to person. He says, "There are both opportunities and dangers in crises, failure to convert them into opportunities will result in danger." Gyawali says that the state should guarantee social security to every person and increase public awareness on mental health.

'The citizens had to be convinced that the state will take care of them even when there is an economic crisis for two years,' says Gyawali, 'The existing mental health programs had to be effective, like the government operates 1166 national helplines for suicide prevention. Even though the police do not have integrated data on the incidents of murder and suicide, Police Spokesman Dhakal says that it has started to increase in recent years. 'This should not happen, the police is also doing the work of raising public awareness to reduce it,' said Dhakal, 'Society leaders, people's representatives should also take care of the people around them, why there is no problem but they should adopt positive solutions.'

Auditor General's Office audit report on the Ministry of Health According to 079, the suicide rate in Nepal is 23 per one lakh population. The government has set a target of reducing the number of people to 9 people in line with the sustainable development target by 2030, but the General Account has pointed out that there is a lack of a clear action plan to achieve the target, coordination between health agencies at all levels to implement it, periodic evaluation and effective regulation.

According to the World Health Organization, 7 million people commit suicide every year in the world.