Chandigarh, Aug 3 (TIWN) A 27-year-old man committed suicide after he shot dead five members of his family in a village in Punjab, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place at Nathuwal village near Moga on Friday night, a police official said.  Sandeep Singh allegedly shot dead his grandmother, father, mother, sister and her three-year-old daughter and later shot himself, the official said.  His grandfather received bullet injuries.  The reason for the shooting is yet to be ascertained.