Bodies of 7 women, 4 men of 'same family' found hanging in a house in Delhi's Burari; probe begins
At least 11 members of a family were found dead under suspicious circumstances in New Delhi's Burari area on Sunday morning. According to initial reports, the bodies were found hanging with their mouths and eyes gagged.
Bodies of seven women and four men, including three teenagers, have been found. We are investigating from all possible angles, we are not ruling out anything, Joint CP Delhi told media on Sunday.
The police have taken the bodies for post mortem at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital. A probe has been launched. The police are not certain if the deaths were a result of suicide or murder.
Bodies of 7 women and 4 men including three teenagers have been found. We are investigating from all possible angles, we are not ruling out anything: Joint CP Delhi, on bodies of 11 people found at a house in Delhi's Burari pic.twitter.com/apdRPL5w8r
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According to sources, 10 bodies were found blindfolded and hanging from a railing in the house, while one body was found lying on the floor.
The deceased family members included two brothers - Bhupinder Singh and Lalit Singh, their wives and two teenager sons apart from an elderly mother and sisters. Bhupinder ran a grocery store on the ground floor of their house, while Lalit was a carpenter.
The elderly mother's body has been found lying on the ground, the police suspect that she was murdered by asphyxiation, the sources said.
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