In a shocking incident, a software engineer committed suicide after killing his wife and their two children by poisoning them.

According to police, the four bodies were recovered from their house in Hasthinapuram in LB Nagar on Monday.

Pradeep (40), employed in a leading software firm, his wife Swathi (35) and their two children Kalyan Krishna (6) and Jaya Krishna (2) were lying dead in the bedroom.

Financial problems are suspected to be the reason for the murder-suicide pact.

Police suspect that Pradeep mixed poison in the food of his wife and children and later ended his life by consuming the same on Saturday or Sunday.