A family of five was found dead in Delhi's Vasant Kunj. The bodies were discovered on Fr🍬iday after the owner of the rented accommodation called the police over a foul smell coming from the flat.
As per the current investigation, police officials have suspected a case of murder-suicide. Speaking to PTI, police officials have said that the suspect Heera Lal Sharma, who worked as a carpenter at the Indian Spinal Injury Centre and his four daughters -- Neetu (26), Nikki (24), Neeru (23) and Nidhi (20) -- took their ✱lives under a suicide pact.
The five bodies, found on Friday afternoon, did not have any injury marks.꧋ However, the daughter💃s had a red thread tied around their waists and necks.
Police also found three packets of Celphos poiso⭕n, five glasses and a spoon containing a suspicious liquid from the house. 🔯With no evidence of foul play, police have suspected it to be a case of suicide.
However, based on recent CCTV foota🍎ge, the father 𒊎was seen carrying a box of sweets on September 24, which was the last time the family was seen. With this, officials have suspected a murder-suicide.
As per the extended family and relatives of the deceased, Sharma's wife died of cancer about a year ago. Police officia🌸ls furt🌞her said the family was still mourning the loss of the wife and added that Sharma, who earned 25,000 per month as a carpenter, had also stopped going for work in January .
Amarjeet Singh, a neighbour of the family, told PTI that Sharm𒆙a hardly spoke to anyone.
"Many people here did not eve🍸n know that he had four daughters. His youngest daughter would at times be seen outside the house, but hꦇis other daughters hardly stepped out of the house," Singh said.
