Bengaluru Family’s Suicide In Bihar Leaves Property Worth Crores With No Heirs

Last Updated:February 10, 2026, 14:36 IST

Inside the room, police recovered 25 empty strips of sleeping pills, Rs 1.18 lakh in cash, and personal jewellery. No suicide note was found.

On the morning of Friday, February 6, 2026, staff at the Digambar Jain Dharamshala in Rajgir, Bihar noticed something unusual about Room 302. The room had remained locked for several days, and a faint odour had begun to emanate from inside. Around 9.30 am, local police forced the door open.

Inside, officers found four members of the same family dead. Initial investigations pointed to a suspected suicide pact, bringing a tragic end to a journey that had begun months earlier in Karnataka.

The deceased were Sumangala, 78, her son Nagaprasad, 50, and her daughters Shilpa, 48, and Shrutha, 43. The family hailed from Gubbi in Tumakuru district and had travelled to Bihar as part of a pilgrimage.

The incident that altered everything

Police say the roots of the tragedy lie in events that unfolded months earlier in Bengaluru. On August 4, 2025, at around 4.30 am, a violent incident occurred at the family’s house in Soladevanahalli.

Shilpa’s 14-year-old son, Amogha Keerthi, had reportedly developed an addiction to online games such as Free Fire and PUBG. According to investigators, the boy had dropped out of school and frequently demanded money from family members.

Tensions had been building for days, and police say the teenager had allegedly assaulted his uncle, Nagaprasad, shortly before the incident. That morning, Nagaprasad allegedly slit the boy’s throat while he was asleep.

Arrest, custody, and release

After the incident, Nagaprasad fled to the Majestic area, Bengaluru where he remained for three days. He surrendered to Soladevanahalli police on August 7, 2025. He was subsequently remanded to judicial custody and remained there until he was granted bail in December 2025.

Despite the gravity of the case, relatives say the family remained together during this period, united by grief and guilt. His sister, mother of the deceased boy got him out on bail.

In late January 2026, the four surviving family members decided to go on a pilgrimage. Police say the journey was intended as an act of spiritual penance. The family travelled through Delhi and Nepal before reaching Rajgir.

They checked into the Digambar Jain Dharamshala on January 31, 2026. Staff members last saw them on the morning of February 2. After that, the room remained locked from the inside.

What investigators found

Inside the room, police recovered 25 empty strips of sleeping pills, Rs 1.18 lakh in cash, and personal jewellery. No suicide note was found. Forensic assessments suggest the deaths occurred between February 3 and February 4.

Nalanda Superintendent of Police Bharat Soni said the evidence pointed to severe mental distress. “It appears to be a case of extreme mental agony," he said. The family’s relatives reached Bihar soon after the discovery. The last rites were performed on February 7, 2026, at Gulbi Ghat in Patna.

A family line ends, legal questions remain

The deaths have left unresolved legal questions in Karnataka. The family owned a house in Soladevanahalli and ancestral land in Gubbi valued at several crores of rupees. Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, such property usually passes to Class I heirs. With the immediate lineage wiped out, the family line has effectively ended.

After the funeral, relatives donated the recovered cash and jewellery to the dharamshala and have begun steps to donate the family’s land holdings to the religious institution.

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