Kanpur, Apr 23: Driven by poverty, all the six members of a family of an ex-service man committed suicide by consuming poison in this industrial town, police said today. Ram Vilas Pal, a former Army man, his wife, three daughters and a son took their own lives at their Sanjay Nagar residence late last night. The police said that in a suicide note, Pal said the family had taken the extreme step due to poverty as after the Army job, he was working in a cotton mill here which had remained closed for the last several years. The tempo taxi, driven by his son to make a living, was also sold to cope with the cash crunch. Bureau Report