India, Aug. 28 -- Devastated by the suicide of their 30-year-old son after he jumped in front of a train in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, his parents killed themselves by lying before a moving train on Friday, barely 2 km away from the spot where their son died, police said.

Police prima facie suspect a family dispute as the trigger behind the incidents.

Mukesh Ahirwar, a resident of Karaiya village under the Hindoriya police station, committed suicide by jumping in front of a train near Karaiya railway crossing on the Damoh-Katni rail route in the afternoon, police said.

After learning about his death, his parents, Bharat Ahirwar (58) and Uma Ahirwar (55), reached the spot and later went about two kilometres away. The couple then ...