NEW DELHI: Suicide pacts are not anything new in the national capital, but deaths on this sort of large scale as what was witnessed in Sant Nagar, Burari have never been seen previously. Moreover, such extreme steps being taken over extreme religious beliefs have additionally never been witnessed. In maximum instances the place a person killed self and other family members, the rationale was either financial duress, depression, sickness or loss of life of a family member.
In February this year, a couple hanged themselves at their home in Govindpuri. They were depressed because of financial losses. The man, Mohit Bagga, and his spouse Arpita had sent a WhatsApp message to their kinfolk in Ranchi telling them about their remaining wishes.
In March, 3 individuals of a family, including a 10-year-old woman, were discovered lifeless at their area in Okhla. The man, Vikas, had poisoned his spouse Lalita and daughter sooner than consuming rat kill. Their six-year-old son, who had gone to a neighbour’s area to get “prasad”, was stored.
On December 31, 2017, 3 individuals of a family, including an eight-year-old boy, were discovered lifeless at their area in southwest Delhi’s Chhawla. The man, Ajay Kumar, additionally tried to kill his daughter, but she survived. Relatives had told TOI that Ajay was affected by depression after his elder brother committed suicide a few days sooner than this incident.
On September 9, 2016, a businessman, Bhagwan Das, his spouse Sharda and their daughter Sunita allegedly entered right into a suicide pact and killed themselves at their area in Jaffarpur Kalan. The man wanted his best son to turn out to be a physician and settle abroad. After the adolescence, who was pursuing MBBS from Russia, died abruptly, the family went into depression.
An officer with an intelligence company had killed himself in conjunction with his spouse and two children at their home in Defence Colony in 2014.
In 2013, two incidents of alleged suicide pacts came to the fore. On April 8, 55-year-old Rajinder Saxena poured kerosene on his spouse Amrita and sons Tipu and Soyam and set them on fireplace sooner than leaping in with them at their area in Uttam Nagar. On May 31, the spouse, son and daughter of a Delhi Police ASI committed suicide in east Delhi after he scolded them over their exam results.
The same year, a family of three committed suicide at their area in Begumpur because of financial losses. The man, Rajesh Gupta, strangled his spouse Uma and eight-year-old daughter Shweta and then ate up poison.
In February this year, a couple hanged themselves at their home in Govindpuri. They were depressed because of financial losses. The man, Mohit Bagga, and his spouse Arpita had sent a WhatsApp message to their kinfolk in Ranchi telling them about their remaining wishes.
In March, 3 individuals of a family, including a 10-year-old woman, were discovered lifeless at their area in Okhla. The man, Vikas, had poisoned his spouse Lalita and daughter sooner than consuming rat kill. Their six-year-old son, who had gone to a neighbour’s area to get “prasad”, was stored.
On December 31, 2017, 3 individuals of a family, including an eight-year-old boy, were discovered lifeless at their area in southwest Delhi’s Chhawla. The man, Ajay Kumar, additionally tried to kill his daughter, but she survived. Relatives had told TOI that Ajay was affected by depression after his elder brother committed suicide a few days sooner than this incident.
On September 9, 2016, a businessman, Bhagwan Das, his spouse Sharda and their daughter Sunita allegedly entered right into a suicide pact and killed themselves at their area in Jaffarpur Kalan. The man wanted his best son to turn out to be a physician and settle abroad. After the adolescence, who was pursuing MBBS from Russia, died abruptly, the family went into depression.
An officer with an intelligence company had killed himself in conjunction with his spouse and two children at their home in Defence Colony in 2014.
In 2013, two incidents of alleged suicide pacts came to the fore. On April 8, 55-year-old Rajinder Saxena poured kerosene on his spouse Amrita and sons Tipu and Soyam and set them on fireplace sooner than leaping in with them at their area in Uttam Nagar. On May 31, the spouse, son and daughter of a Delhi Police ASI committed suicide in east Delhi after he scolded them over their exam results.
The same year, a family of three committed suicide at their area in Begumpur because of financial losses. The man, Rajesh Gupta, strangled his spouse Uma and eight-year-old daughter Shweta and then ate up poison.
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