Family Death

A Year Since Delhi Family Deaths, Relative Says Dissatisfied With Probe

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 1, 2019

Dinesh Chundawat, the eldest son of the Chundawat family whose 11 members were found dead in mysterious circumstances in Delhi's Burari last year, does not believe that they died while conducting a ritual.

Two Children Among 5 Found Dead In Srinagar, Cops Suspect Suffocation

Srinagar News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 5, 2019

Five members of a family, including two children died probably due to suffocation in their rented home in Srinagar, police said on Saturday.

In Chilling Family Deaths In Kerala, 4 Bodies Stacked In Pit Behind Home

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday August 2, 2018

A family of four, thought to be missing in Kerala, was found dead on Wednesday, their bodies stacked up in a pit behind their house.

In Delhi Family Deaths, Report Says 77-Year-Old Died Due To Hanging

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 12, 2018

The Delhi Police have received the post-mortem report of 77-year-old Narayan Devi, one of the 11 members of the Chundawat family who were found dead in north Delhi's Burari on July 1, said a senior police officer.

Notes In Delhi's Burari Family Diaries Say They May Not See Next Diwali

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 10, 2018

The registers recovered from the Chundawat family's residence in north Delhi's Burari has mentioned about "wandering souls," while apprehending that the family might not see the next Diwali, said a senior police official on Tuesday.

In Delhi Family Deaths, Police Question The Mason Who Installed 11 Pipes

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 6, 2018

Seeking to unravel the mystery behind the deaths of 11 members of a Burari-based family, the Delhi Police has questioned their employees, including a mason who had installed 11 pipes at their house and his daughter, a senior officer said today.

Police To Investigate "External Influence" In Delhi Deaths

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 5, 2018

The Delhi Police's probe into the mysterious deaths of 11 members of a Burari-based family will now focus on ascertaining whether there was any "external influence", a senior officer said today.

In Delhi Family Deaths, Diary Notes Reveal One Man's Delusions

Delhi News | Reported by Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 4, 2018

Investigations into the mysterious death of 11 of a family in Delhi are now focused on notes found in the house, which point at one man's hallucinations and delusions of an impending apocalypse.

10 People Shared 5 Stools In Delhi Family Hangings, Say Police: 10 Facts

Delhi News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 4, 2018

All 11 found mysteriously dead in their home in Delhi on Sunday hanged themselves and it was one man in the family who possibly talked them into what turned into a "mass suicide", the police suspect. There is evidence that the family members didn't believe they would die, that they thought god would save them. Piecing together details of the autops...

Doctors Suggest "Psychological Autopsy" In Delhi Family Deaths

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 2, 2018

As the deaths of 11 family members at a north Delhi home remained shrouded in mystery, mental health experts said on Monday that people in mass suicide cases generally "show commonalities" and suggested that a "psychological autopsy" be conducted in the case to unravel the puzzle.

"Someone Killed Them All": Relative Of Family Of 11 Found Dead In Delhi

Delhi News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday July 2, 2018

A surviving daughter of Narayan Devi, who was found dead with 10 other members of her family in the horror house of Burari yesterday, has rubbished the possibility that they committed mass suicide to "achieve salvation". The Bhatia family was found hanging from an iron mesh, blindfolded and gagged, by early on Sunday morning. The body of Narayan De...

One Person Stand Guard While Others Hang: Note At Delhi Family's Home

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 3, 2018

The handwritten notes found at a north Delhi home where 11 members of a family died under mysterious circumstances detailed a set of rituals a person needed to follow to attain "salvation", a police official said on Monday.

In Delhi Family Deaths, Investigators Uncover Macabre Details: 10 Points

Delhi News | Reported by Nimisha Jaiswal, Edited by Soumyajit Majumder | Tuesday July 3, 2018

A day after 11 of a family were found mysteriously dead in their home in Delhi, an autopsy has confirmed that all of them died because of hanging, without struggle. Earlier, the oldest member, 77-year-old Narayan Devi, was believed to have been strangled. The bodies of three generations of the Bhatia family were discovered in their home in north De...

Video Of Engagement That Took Place 15 Days Before Delhi Family Deaths

Delhi News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday July 2, 2018

Two women inlehengas and two boys in silk kurtas and jackets danced to a popular Hindi song as a crowd cheered - a wedding video that may have been unremarkable but for the fact that all four were found hanging in their Delhi home just two weeks later, on Sunday.

"Discussed Wedding Preps Last Night": Delhi Family Deaths Shock Relatives

Delhi News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday July 2, 2018

Group photos, selfies, holiday snapshots, celebrations - pictures on Facebook show a family much like any other. On Sunday, the discovery of 11 bodies at the Bhatia home in Delhi changed everything that neighbours and friends knew about this family.