New Delhi [India], July 02 (NT): The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday stated that it is probing the Burari mass death case from various angles.
Crime Branch sources said that according to CCTV footage, a delivery man came to the house to deliver food at 10:40 pm and no one came inside or went outside the house, before the local man who saw the bodies in the morning.
The sources also claim that the family of the man whom one of the deceased was due to get married will also be cross-examined.
"Call data records of the family members and search history on the internet are being scrutinized," the sources further said.
Police is also probing the case from the angle of the family's spiritual or mystical practices.
Earlier some handwritten notes were also recovered at the house. The notes mentioned way of attaining salvation. It is here to note that the bodies were recovered in the same way mentioned in the notes.
"It's also being investigated whose handwriting was there in diary (notes pointing towards observance of spiritual/mystical practices). Why it was written and from where the information came is also being probed," the sources asserted.
It is noted that the postmortem of six of the eleven bodies has been completed. Police sources have mentioned 'ligature hanging' as the reason of death and that there were no indications of struggle found.
The family has donated their eyes asFamily friend Navneet Batra told media, "First thing we did was to donate their eyes that could provide eyesight to 22 people, considering the family was religious and always wanted to help others. We gave approval letter yesterday."
The 11 bodies were found from a house in the Burari area of New Delhi on Sunday morning. As per the eye witness who recovered first said that the bodies include seven women and four men whose mouths, eyes and hands of few were tied up and taped.