Family Of 11 Found Dead In Delhi Home, Blindfolded And Hanging
01 July, 2018
NEW DELHI: Eleven members of a family were found dead at their home in north Delhi's Burari this morning. Ten of the victims were hanging from an iron grill ceiling and the body of an elderly woman was found lying on the floor, police said. Most of them were blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs.
While BJP's Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari has already made a visit, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has just reached the spot.
The police suspect they committed suicide.
Seven of the victims are women, including a 75-year-old; three are minors, the police said.
The Bhatia family ran a grocery shop and plywood business a few steps from their double-storey home in Burari's Sant Nagar. They have been living in the area for the last two decades.
Every morning, their shop would open by 6, but when it didn't till 7.30 today, a neighbour went to check on the family. Finding the door open, he went inside and saw the family members hanging from the grill ceiling. All of them
He informed the police, who rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. The police are currently examining the CCTV footage for clues.
"We are investigating from all possible angles, we are not ruling out anything," said Rajesh Khurana, joint commissioner of police, Central Range.
The bodies will soon be sent for post-mortem, he added.
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