A British man kills wife and daughters, then hangs himself.

Left to right: Trisha, Jitendra, Daksha and Trisha.

A British man Jitendra Lad, 49, has killed his wife  Daksha, 44, and their two daughters Trisha, 19, and Nisha, 17, before hanging himself in Blackberry Way, Clayton, Bradford.

West Yorkshire Police have today launched a murder investigation but said they are not looking for anybody else in relation to the deaths.

Worried neighbours had not seen the family since Friday so called the police who found them dead last night. Detectives believe the bodies may have been in the house 'for some time'.

Friends and family are reportedly in complete shock over the fact that the well respected council payment officer, who was also chairman of the local grammar school association, may have killed his 'lovely family'.

Mr and Mrs Lad both worked for Bradford City Council in good clerical jobs, Trisha was studying medical biochemistry at the University of Leeds and Nisha had just completed her GCSEs at Thornton Grammar School in Bradford. 

Post mortems will now be carried out to establish the cause of the deaths.

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