Three people, including a mother and two children, were found hanging in the same tree in the Ratamata community forest of Pyuthan Municipality-1. The deceased have been identified as 26-year-old Gayatri Sunar, her 6-year-old daughter Prakriti and approximately one-year-old son Sushant.

Locals had informed the police after seeing their bodies on May 25. Police have taken the body to the district hospital in Pyuthan for postmortem. The cause of his death has not been disclosed yet. However, the mother is suspected of committing suicide by hanging herself after hanging her children.