'Someone killed them', says relative of 11 people who were found dead in Burari
'Someone killed them', says relative of 11 people who were found dead in Burari A relative of the 11 members who were found dead in north Delhi’s Burari on Sunday, refuted claims they observed spiritual or mystical practices and may have died during the course of a “religious ritual that went wrong”. She claimed, ‘someone killed them’, here on Monday. “Someone killed them and all the reports on the spiritual angle are bogus. This family was a happy and peace-loving one who never believed in ‘babas’,” Sujata, the daughter Narayan Devi said. Ten of her family members were found hanging from an iron grill blindfolded, gagged and hands tied behind, and her mother was discovered dead on the floor in another room. The dead have been identified as Narayan Devi (77), her two sons Bhavnesh (50) and Lalit (45), her daughters-in-law Savita (48) and Teena (42), her daughter Pratibha (57), her grandchildren Priyanka (33), Nitu (25), Monu (23), Dhruv (15) and Shivam (15). The post-mortem examination of their bodies has confirmed death because of hanging for six of the 11 members of the Bhatia family. The post-mortem of the remaining five bodies is expected to be completed on Monday. Police have registered a murder case because there were “ligature” marks around the neck of Narayan Devi.
