The bodies of the women and children were found hanging with their hands tied and blindfolded. (Photo: Reuters)

The bodies of 11 members of a Delhi family, ten of them hanging from an iron-mesh in the ceiling inside a room, were found at their residence in Burari's Sant Nagar area on Sunday morning. Various theories including murder and mass suicide are doing the rounds. While the investigation has revealed several new aspects, here are a few questions that still remain unanswered:

1. Was it a mass suicide or did a family member kill everyone before committing suicide?

2. The main door of the house was not locked from inside. This fact raises a question that someone from outside the family might have committed this crime

3. Family's pet dog was found tied on the terrace. If someone from outside entered the house to murder the family then why did the neighbours not hear the dog barking?

4. Among the ten bodies found hanging from the ceiling, only eight were blindfolded. Why was that?

5. Police have found two notebooks with several notes with several instructions for the family. The event seems to have unfolded in the similar manner. Who had written these notes? Was it written by a family member or was it given by some godman?

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6. Was the mass suicide committed due to some sort of superstition or religious belief?

7. Cops found eleven pipes at the back of the house and interestingly eleven of the family were found dead. Seven pipes are facing downwards while the other four were straight. The family had seven women and four men. Police are speaking to priests to find out if there is some connection between the pipes with the deaths.

8. Why was the oldest woman, found lying in the other room, murdered? Police believe that she was the only one who was strangled.

9. Why was there no suicide note by any member of the family?

10. Did the two children of the family also agree to commit suicide without making a noise?



The bodies would be cremated this evening around 5 pm. The suspicious handwritten notes found by the police said the eyes of the 11 members should be donated. The police till now believe that the family might be involved in occult practices and could have committed suicide to attain moksha.

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