NEW DELHI: A joint family of eleven was once discovered lifeless, 10 of them striking in a hallway in their house in Sant Nagar, north Delhi, in what seems to be a abnormal mass suicide committed on Sunday morning on spiritual motivations.
The eldest family member, Narayani Bhatia, 77, was once discovered strangled in another room. The rest, including two 15-year-old boys, allegedly used chunnis (scarves) with spiritual motifs and cables to hold themselves. They had been gagged and blindfolded, with fingers tied. Cotton buds had been discovered stuffed in their ears.
A diary found in the house had detailed instructions for "mass salvation", including how hangings must be carried out. The Bhatias, who ran a store within the space, appeared to have followed the instructions, some of which can have been written months ago. They carried out a "havan" hours ahead of the suicides.
The only one alive in the house was once the family dog, Jacky, who have been despatched to the terrace. An FIR under phase 302 (homicide) has been registered. Police leader Amulya Patnaik told TOI that each one angles had been being probed via the crime branch.
Valuables intact, no sign of struggle at crime scene: Cops
Police assets stated that excessive spiritual practices seemed to be the trigger for act. Joint commissioner (Crime) Alok Kumar showed that the police had recovered certain hand written notes all through the quest of the house which indicated that all the family was once following “some definite non secular/mystical practices”.
The Bhatias lived at the first flooring of house number 137/five/2 in lane number 2 of Sant Nagar. Narayani had two sons, Bhavnesh (50) and Lalit (45), who lived in the house with their respective better halves, Savita
(48) and Teena (42). Bhavnesh had three children Nitu (25), Monu (23) and Dhruv (15), while Lalit had a 15-year-old son, Shivam. Narayani’s elder daughter, Pratibha (57) additionally lived in the house along with her daughter, Priyanka (33), after her husband died a couple of years ago. All of them had been discovered lifeless.
The deaths came to light at 7.15am, when a neighbour, Gurcharan Singh, visited the house and alerted the police after witnessing the horror.
“The Bhatia brothers had lately began a dairy business from their basic retailer and used to open their shop at five.30am. Today, then again, my spouse spotted that the shop hadn’t opened till 7am and many customers had lined up outside. I went in to test and found the
primary door unlocked. The entire family was once striking within the hallway,” said Singh, a retired educate locomotive driving force, said.
“Local police reached the spot, in front of Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, and found 11 folks lifeless,” said further DCP Vineet Kumar.
The spouse of some of the Bhatia brothers, Teena, is at the beginning from Dhar in MP. Her family has demanded a CBI probe into what it said was once a “mass homicide”. Teena’s brother said he had spoken to her a couple of days back and found she was once superb. The district crime team and forensic lab of Rohini in addition to the mobile forensic team reached the spot and lifted exhibits.
The house had not been ransacked and no valuable item, including mobiles, discovered disturbed or missing. Gold jewellery at the our bodies of the ladies had been intact and the crime scene didn’t point out any signs of struggle, cops said. The our bodies had been shifted to the Sabzi Mandi mortuary within the afternoon and a clinical team began appearing autopsies on Sunday night time. The post-mortem of 3 our bodies had been carried out on Sunday. The rest will happen on Monday.
The post-mortem report is predicted to substantiate the exact reason behind the deaths. It may also shed light on whether or not Narayani was once strangled via a family member. Cops have seized a rope tied to an almirah within the room the place she was once discovered lifeless.
The eldest family member, Narayani Bhatia, 77, was once discovered strangled in another room. The rest, including two 15-year-old boys, allegedly used chunnis (scarves) with spiritual motifs and cables to hold themselves. They had been gagged and blindfolded, with fingers tied. Cotton buds had been discovered stuffed in their ears.
A diary found in the house had detailed instructions for "mass salvation", including how hangings must be carried out. The Bhatias, who ran a store within the space, appeared to have followed the instructions, some of which can have been written months ago. They carried out a "havan" hours ahead of the suicides.
The only one alive in the house was once the family dog, Jacky, who have been despatched to the terrace. An FIR under phase 302 (homicide) has been registered. Police leader Amulya Patnaik told TOI that each one angles had been being probed via the crime branch.
Valuables intact, no sign of struggle at crime scene: Cops
Police assets stated that excessive spiritual practices seemed to be the trigger for act. Joint commissioner (Crime) Alok Kumar showed that the police had recovered certain hand written notes all through the quest of the house which indicated that all the family was once following “some definite non secular/mystical practices”.
The Bhatias lived at the first flooring of house number 137/five/2 in lane number 2 of Sant Nagar. Narayani had two sons, Bhavnesh (50) and Lalit (45), who lived in the house with their respective better halves, Savita
(48) and Teena (42). Bhavnesh had three children Nitu (25), Monu (23) and Dhruv (15), while Lalit had a 15-year-old son, Shivam. Narayani’s elder daughter, Pratibha (57) additionally lived in the house along with her daughter, Priyanka (33), after her husband died a couple of years ago. All of them had been discovered lifeless.
The deaths came to light at 7.15am, when a neighbour, Gurcharan Singh, visited the house and alerted the police after witnessing the horror.
“The Bhatia brothers had lately began a dairy business from their basic retailer and used to open their shop at five.30am. Today, then again, my spouse spotted that the shop hadn’t opened till 7am and many customers had lined up outside. I went in to test and found the
primary door unlocked. The entire family was once striking within the hallway,” said Singh, a retired educate locomotive driving force, said.
“Local police reached the spot, in front of Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, and found 11 folks lifeless,” said further DCP Vineet Kumar.
The spouse of some of the Bhatia brothers, Teena, is at the beginning from Dhar in MP. Her family has demanded a CBI probe into what it said was once a “mass homicide”. Teena’s brother said he had spoken to her a couple of days back and found she was once superb. The district crime team and forensic lab of Rohini in addition to the mobile forensic team reached the spot and lifted exhibits.
The house had not been ransacked and no valuable item, including mobiles, discovered disturbed or missing. Gold jewellery at the our bodies of the ladies had been intact and the crime scene didn’t point out any signs of struggle, cops said. The our bodies had been shifted to the Sabzi Mandi mortuary within the afternoon and a clinical team began appearing autopsies on Sunday night time. The post-mortem of 3 our bodies had been carried out on Sunday. The rest will happen on Monday.
The post-mortem report is predicted to substantiate the exact reason behind the deaths. It may also shed light on whether or not Narayani was once strangled via a family member. Cops have seized a rope tied to an almirah within the room the place she was once discovered lifeless.
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