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HUBBALLI: Six members of a family ended their lives by consuming poison in Metagall village in Koppal rural police station limits on Friday. The incident came to light on Saturday morning.The deceased are Shekharayya Bidnal, 48, his wife Jayamma, 39, daughters Basamma, 23, Gouramma, 20, Savitri,18, and Parvati,16. Based on the death note, police registered a case against his daughters’ in-laws and brothers.SP Renuka Sukumar said it was not clear whether all the family members decided to end their lives or Shekharayya poisoned them before killing himself. Besides pesticide and soft drink bottles, police recovered a death note from Shekharayya’s pocket.According to police, Shekharayya had availed loans but had suffered crop loss. According to police, the family might have taken the extreme step due to financial and domestic problems..