11 members of family found dead at home in Delhi’s Burari

In a shocking incident, 11 bodies including seven woman and four men were recovered from a house in Delhi’s Burari area early on Sunday. As per sources all the eleven were family members. The incident has caused major panic in the area.

News agency ANI quoted sources as saying that 10 bodies were found blindfolded and hanging and one was found lying on the floor. The police are on the spot and conducting investigation.

“Some of them were found hanging from an iron grill ceiling while others were lying on the floor blindfolded with their hands and legs tied up,” a senior police officer said.

“Prima facie, we suspect they committed suicide but we are also investigating the case with other possible angles of homicide as well. We are also checking the CCTV footages,” the officer said.

“Their shop would open by 6 a.m. every morning but when it did not till 7.30 a.m. today, a neighbour went to check and later informed the police after finding most of them hanging from the grill ceiling,” the officer said, adding a probe is underway.

ANI quoted Joint CP Central Range, Delhi Police, Rajesh Khurana as saying that bodies of seven women and four men including three teenagers have been found. He said that police are investigating the matter from all possible angles.

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

— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2018

No suicide note has been recovered yet.

The family ran a grocery shop and plywood business out of their double-storey home in Sant Nagar, in north Delhi’s Burari’s area.

Updated : July 1, 2018 at 11:07 IST

By EP Web Desk

(With Inputs from IANS)