Eleven members of a family have been found dead inside a home in north Delhi's Burari area on Sunday morning. While some of the victms were found hanging from an iron grill ceiling; others were lying on the floor blindfolded with their hands and legs tied up.
The police suspect that they committed suicide.
Seven of the victims are women, including a 75-year-old, while four are men. Two of them could be minors, an officer said.
The family ran a grocery shop and plywood business out of their double-storey home in Burari's Sant Nagar. Every morning, their shop would open by 6, but when it didn't till 7.30 today, a neighbour went to check on the family and was shocked to find most of them hanging from the grill ceiling.
He informed the police, who rushed to the spot and cordoned the area. They are currently scanning the CCTV footage from the area.
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