Among the 11 who were killed in Delhi's Burari on Sunday, the eldest member Narayan Devi committed suicide with the help of a belt, CNN-News 18 reported. Police officers have not found the belt yet. Auto refresh feeds Media reports on Monday said that the police has completed the postmortem of six bodies and found hanging to be the cause of death. According to ANI , police sources mentioned 'ligature hanging' as the reason behind the death and found no signs of struggle. The family members had donated their eyes. The Delhi Police has found 11 pipes in the house where 11 members of family were found dead in Delhi's Burari area. According to reports, these pipes were found near the entrance. The police is also speaking to priests and pandits. Officials are investigating if the deaths were related to suicide and superstition. A report by the sub-divisonal magistrate to the crime branch says that the entire family had books on 'occult rituals' and religious practices, and which they performed as well. 4. If the elderly woman can't stand, you can “make her go to sleep” in the next room. 3. Rituals should be followed seven days before killing. Rituals should be strictly followed, if the spirit invoked within these days, “finish your work” the following day. 2. Tie cloth well, nothing but zero should be visible. Along with rope use saree or dupatta. 10. Everyone should have same thoughts. If you are able to do this, it will be quite fruitful. 9. It should be done between 12-1 am. Hawan/puja should be done before that. 8. The more dedication one shows in the process, the better will be the result. 6. After tying the hands, if a piece of cloth remains, use it to blindfold people. Except the 77-yr-old woman, all the bodies were found hanging from the ceiling, most of them blindfolded with their hands tied behind their back. According to NDTV , the bodies will be cremated on Monday. An English daily and its corresponding news channel carried the photographs of family members hanging with their eyes blindfolded and has drawn huge criticism from several quarters. Some of the notes stated that "one will not die" but attain something "great", the officer said. Some of the notes stated that "one will not die" but attain something "great", the officer said. The bodies will be handed over to the family for last rites this afternoon. Locals had said Meenu was preparing for entrance exams and Nidhi was pursuing her Masters. Except for the oldest member Narayan Devi, the others were found hanging from the iron-mesh in the ceiling, police said. - PTI Some of the notes stated that 'one will not die' but attain something 'great' According to NDTV, the eldest member among the deceased, Narayan Dev, had one more son and daughter who are in shock. Her eldest son Dinesh Bhatia lives in Rajasthan's Kota and daughter Sujata lives in Panipat in Haryana. "I can't believe that they committed suicide. Everyone was so happy. Someone has killed my family and the police have to find them," Sujata Bhatia was quoted by PTI. Narayan Devi's daughter Sujata said family was not superstitious and was looking forward to grand daughter's marriage Trilokinath Bhatia, a close aide of the deceased family has come from Fatehabad, Haryana. He was their neighbour for 10 years and said they were too religious for occult practices. Former neighbour says Bhatia family was religious, could not have been into occult practices Vimal Soni, the Bhatia family's neighbour for 20 years in in Burari, said they were just another ordinary family. He said that the family didn't come down to collect the milk in the morning. He also said on the 17th of June they celebrated the engagement of the grand daughter in a big way. Vimal Soni, the neighbour, also added that the family owned a big dog who didn't bark at night. (Inputs: Pallavi Rebbapragada ) Bhatia family was just like another ordinary family, says neighbour of 20 years Rajinder Singh has been a resident of Burari for 50 years and was a customer of the Bhatias, who owned a hardware shop. Singh said there were a completely ordinary family and very warm towards everyone. (Inputs: Pallavi Rebbapragada) Bhatia family was very warm towards others, says customer to family Kishan Kumar, a local from Burari, explains the theory linking the 11 pipes to the 11 bodies. Kumar says the pipes are connected to the washrooms and he also said that he has often noticed the family scribbling religious messages like dohas and shlokas on a blackboard outside their shop. (Input by Pallavi Rebbapragada) According to CNN-News 18, post-mortem of all the eleven members of the family has been completed. 75-year-old elderly woman also committed suicide, and was not murdered. She committed suicide with the help of a belt. The belt has been recovered by the police officers. Police got to know about him after they received the SDM reports which had statements of relatives, and friends of the family, CNN-News 18 reported. Locals rubbish theories of occult practices and say that such theories are being manufactured to distract people from the fact that law and order is in a pitiable condition in Burari. They believe that 11 people could not possibly have killed themselves. (Inputs by Pallavi Rebbapragada) Ketan Nagpal, whose maternal grandmother was one of the deceased, alleged that they were killed and dismissed the police theory that it could be a case of "suicide pact". He said it was a prosperous family. "They were not facing any financial issues and had not taken even a single loan. Everything was fine. Why would they kill themselves?" he said. ​Nagpal contended that even if they had to commit suicide, they would not have covered their faces and taped their mouth. Another relative said they had spoken to the family last night. They sounded "normal" and did not show any signs of depression, he added. "The family did not have enmity with anyone. But we suspect someone killed them," he alleged.<doc-sep>All eleven members of a Delhi household were found dead in mysterious circumstances in Burari on Sunday. All 11 members of a Delhi household are suddenly found dead. There's a handwritten note prescribing the appropriate posture to "attain salvation". And at the back of the house where the bodies are found, eleven pipes jut out of a white wall. Seven straight, four facing downward: A perfect match with the numbers of male and female family members who died. These, sadly, aren't the opening lines of a crime thriller or a logic puzzle. They are the very real -- and deeply mystifying -- circumstances in which Narayan Devi, 77, and her family were found dead on Sunday in Burari, a locality in northern Delhi. Ten of them, including two teenagers, were found hanging in one room. The men's eyes were covered with cloth. The women and children were blindfolded, had their hands tied and mouths taped. Ambulances waiting to take the bodies of the family members on July 1. (Photo: Reuters) Devi was found on the floor in another room. But reports suggest that her death could have been caused by partial hanging. There was no dupatta around her neck, but there was a belt near her body. Only two weeks ago, this family was celebrating an engagement -- the engagement, in fact, of one of the women who died. Were they murdered? There was no suicide note. The main door of their house wasn't locked from the inside. But then again, wouldn't their dog -- which was on the terrace -- have barked to warn of an intruder? Was it a mass suicide -- one caused by a desire to leave the mortal realm for the divine? A note dated June 26 reads "have to meet God on June 30". Another says, "Using a stool, and keeping the hands, eyes and mouth tied up will help attain salvation." The police's investigation has revealed that the family was following a self-styled godman's teachings. Clues about his identity were found from their mobile phone records. A source said they followed his sermons fervently, but also that it was too early to say he instigated them to commit suicide. The pipes at the back of the house. At least two relatives, Sujata and Ketan Nagpal, suspect foul play. Sujata says reports on the spiritual angle are "bogus", and that the family didn't believe in "babas". Meanwhile, Alok Kumar, the joint commissioner of police in Delhi's Crime Branch says the post-mortem analyses of the bodies are complete, and that "initial reports suggest suicide". The details are mind-boggling, the tragedy heart-numbing. What exactly happened to Narayan Devi and her family? We'll have to wait to find out. Relatives mourning. Inputs from Tanseem Haider and ANI WATCH | Family found dead in Burari was celebrating an engagement just days ago<doc-sep>FIR of the Burari death case reveals chilling details about the mysterious case Horrific details have emerged about the Burari death case that hit headlines across the country. The north Delhi locality was stunned this Sunday when news emerged of 11 members of a family being found dead inside their home. Ten of them were found hanging. The police have ruled out foul play so far, and an occult angle is being suspected in the horrific deaths. While investigations are still on, chilling details have emerged from the case FIR accessed by India Today TV. The FIR mentions a stunning sequence of events after the police received information about the incident and reached the Burari home. According to the FIR, a call was made to the police at 7:25 am. A police team was dispatched to the family's home in Sant nagar in Burari. As senior inspector from the police team went to the first floor of the building, he saw ten bodies hanging from the ceiling, four of which were men and six were women. Body of an elderly woman was found in a different room near an almirah. READ | Mysterious tantric Gada Baba, banyan tree occult behind Burari deaths? The deceased were identified as Narayani Devi (77), who was found dead on the floor, her daughter Pratibha (57), her two sons Bhavnesh (50) and Lalit Bhatia (45). Bhavnesh's wife Savita (48) and their three children - Meenu (23), Nidhi (25) and Dhruv (15) were also among the deceased. Lalit Bhatia's wife Tina (42) and their 15-year-old son Shivam were also among those found dead along with Pratibha's daughter Priyanka (33), who was engaged last month and supposed to get married this year end. The FIR goes on to describe the ways in which the dead bodies were tied. It is still a mystery if any of the deceased hung everyone and then committed suicide. READ | What makes the Burari deaths in Delhi so freakish The police found the bodies in following condition: Lalit (hands tied, mouth covered), Shubham (hands tied, mouth and eyes covered), Tina (mouth covered), Bhuvnesh (feet tied, eyes covered), Priyanka (hands tied, mouth and eyes covered), Neetu (hands, feet tied, mouth covered), Savita (feet tied, mouth and eyes covered), Monu (feet tied), Dhruv (feet tied, mouth covered, eyes covered) The condition in which the bodies were found may be important as it may shed light on which of the family members hung himself/ herself last. Further investigation is on in this mysterious case. READ | Burari deaths murder not suicide, say relatives READ | A date with god: Handwritten notes reveal chilling details of Burari deaths<doc-sep>By IANS NEW DELHI: Investigators in the mysterious deaths by hanging of 11 in Delhi's Burari neighbourhood are convinced that it was a case of mass suicide in a ritual practice by the family suffering from a shared psychological disorder, a police officer said on Thursday. The officer said the final closure report will be prepared after getting the viscera and detailed autopsy of the 11 bodies. But little is expected to emerge out of these reports. "The Crime Branch has sent its case report to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik who is all set to close the case and submit the final closure to the Home Ministry," the officer told IANS. This comes five days after 11 bodies -- seven females and four males -- were recovered from a two-storey house on July 1. Ten of them were hanging with their hands tied, mouths gagged and eyes covered with cloth pieces. The eldest in the Bhatia family -- which was mainly into grocery and plywood businesses -- was found lying dead. An autopsy report concluded that Narayani Devi, 77, had also died of partial hanging. Crime Branch chief Joint Commissioner Alok Kumar told IANS that CCTV footage from the premises opposite the Bhatia house helped investigators to concluded that it was a case of mass suicide. "The video footage showed the family bought goods five stools and bandage from shops close to their home and used them in the ritual These goods were found from the spot where all 11 bodies hung," Kumar said. He said the handwritten notes apparently written by Lalit Bhatia and his niece Priyanka detailing the ritual practice were being treated as suicide notes. These notes were recovered from the house and the ritual was performed almost as mentioned in those entries, he said. Kumar said no occultist or a godman has been found involved in the chilling deaths that shocked the city. "No evidences were found of any animosity with the family," the Crime Branch chief said. "The case is almost clear. It is a suicide pact by all family member." Kumar said investigators have concluded that Lalit, 45, who ran the plywood store, used to dictate how the rituals were to be undertaken and Priyanka, 33, would note it down in a register. Lalit and other family members believed that Lalit was taking instructions from his father Gopaldas, who died 10 years ago. "As per the register entries, Lalit was possessed by the spirit of his deceased father. This is a kind of mental disorder. We also took help of psychological experts. They also concluded that it is a case of shared psychological disorder which turned a ritual practice into a mass suicide," the police officer said. The investigators have also concluded that Lalit and his wife Tina tied the hands and legs of other family members before all of the them hung themselves from an iron grill on a ceiling of a corridor to perform a ritual prayer on the night of June 30. They believed they won't die and Gopaldas would come to meet them and bestow them with salvation. The family had even cooked white grams for the next morning breakfast which was kept in a bowl and curd was also refrigerated. Priyanka, who was all set to get married to a Noida-based software engineer in December, had even kept her dress ready to go to office the next morning. The family, according to police, was deeply ritualist and superstitious. Lalit had met with an accident four years ago and had lost his voice after a plywood sheet fell on his head. However, he regained his speech one day, believing that it was his dead father who helped him in a dream. Priyanka, according to police, was finding it difficult to get a match. But she was made to worship a Banyan tree after which she got engaged to the Noida man. Like his late father Gopaldass, who was in the Indian Army, Lalit gave all family members training in discipline, code of conduct, rehearsals of dos and don'ts during ritual practices. As per an entry in one of the registers seized from the house, he also instructed family members to stand upright like soldiers after morning prayers for increasing mental strength.<doc-sep>
The relatives of the 11 members of a family in north Delhi's Burari locality have insisted that they were killed and it was not a case of suicide. Relatives of the 11 members of a family who were found dead in north Delhi's Burari locality on Sunday have insisted that it wasn't a case of suicide and the persons were killed. They have also dismissed reports that there was a "spiritual" angle to the deaths. The relatives said that the family was gearing up for the wedding of Priyanka (33) who got engaged last month. She was among those found dead at the house on Sunday. Police is investigating whether the 11 members of the family, aged between 15 and 77 years, killed themselves as part of a suicide pact, after they found handwritten notes from the house, which indicated a "religious or spiritual angle" to the deaths. The handwritten notes stated the "human body is temporary and one can overcome fear by covering their eyes and mouth". Sujata Nagpal, daughter of the 77-year-old Narayan Devi found dead on the floor, said the media was speculating things and circulating suicide theories. "I used to speak to my mother every alternate day. Everything was going fine within our family. We are a well-educated family and do not believe in babas. It is not a case of suicide. The media has been speculating things and publishing wrong information that my family members committed suicide," she said. Sujata also told ANI, "Someone killed them and all the reports on spiritual angle are bogus." Devi's niece Geeta Thakral suspected that someone from outside the family was involved in the deaths. Another relative, Dinesh, told ANI that he has filed a police complaint because he does not consider this as a case of suicide. "I don't believe media reports. They (the 11 family members) were never in contact with any baba," he added. Filed police complaint because this isn't a suicide case. I don't believe in media reports.They had never been in contact with any 'baba'.Pipes in the wall might have been for ventilation: Dinesh,member of the family,11 members of which were found dead in Delhi's Burari on July 1 pic.twitter.com/EKKxwZfpJX — ANI (@ANI) July 3, 2018 Another relative Manoj Bhatia also echoed the same sentiment. He said, "I am in a complete state of shock. They weren't staunch in their religious beliefs. We still cannot understand the reason (of the deaths) but this is definitely not a case of suicide." Meanwhile, the autopsy report of six of the 11 family members confirmed death because of hanging. Police sources told Hindustan Times that no signs of struggle were found. Among the 11 family members found dead were two minor boys, both 15 years old. Ten of them were found hanging blindfolded from an iron-mesh in the ceiling for ventilation, while the body of a 77-year-old woman was found on the floor in another room of the house. With inputs from PTI