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 Tamil origin family murdered in London

Written by : Kousalya 

LONDON: Scotland Yard has propelled a murder investigation after three individuals of a Tamil-origin family were found dead in their flat in west London. 

Officers from the Metropolitan Police forced entry into a block of flats in Brentford on Tuesday after concerns were raised for the well-being of Poorna Kaameshwari Sivaraj.

Inside, they found the body of the 36-year-elderly person and her three-year-old child, Kailash Kuha Raj. Her husband, Kuha Raj Sithamparanathan, was found with extreme cut wounds and died on the scene soon after. 

The police believe the 42-year-old fatally harmed himself when officials entered the property. While the police are yet to affirm their line of request and a posthumous on the bodies is planned for Thursday, it is associated to be a case with murder-self destruction. 

"Although we are in the infancy of this investigation, it appears that Poorna and Kailash had been dead for some time. This is a murder investigation and my team will work diligently to establish the sequence of events that led to their murders and the death of Kuha Raj Sithamparanathan," said Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding from the Met's Specialist Crime Command, who is leading the investigation.

He said that their initial enquiries had established that Poorna and Kailash had not been seen or heard from for some days, perhaps since around the September 21.

"We know the family often walked their dog, a poodle cross breed, in and around the local area and I would ask anyone who saw them at any time in the last month to contact police so we can begin to build a full picture of their lives," said Harding.

"I know I speak on behalf of all the officers in my team that words cannot sufficiently sum up the devastation that this horrific incident will have on the families of those involved. However, I can reassure them that we will do all we can to provide them with the answers they need about what has happened here," he said.