Three members of a family were today found dead at a village in Odisha's tribal-dominated Malkangiri district, police said.
The couple and their 18-month-old daughter were found hanging in Mundiguda village under Korukonda block by the villagers who informed the police, Inspector In-Charge of Makangiri police station, R K Das said.
While the body of the man, identified as Basing, was found hanging from a tree outside their house, his wife Raje and daughter were found hanging inside the house, he said.
A police team rushed to the site and the bodies were sent for postmortem, Das said, adding investigation is on to ascertain the circumstances that led to the incident.
Villagers said the family members had gone to Sukma in neighbouring Chhattisgarh to attend a feast and had returned from there last evening.
