In a tragic incident, seven members of a family from Dehradun have been found dead inside a parked car in Haryana's Panchkula on Monday, police said. The incident came to light late last night. Investigation is underway.
PTI reported that the car was parked in a residential area in Panchkula's Sector 27. Upon arrival, police found the dead bodies of a married couple in their 40s, three children, and two elderly people inside the car.
Police reportedly shifted them to Ojas Hospital in Panchkula, with only the children바카라s father still breathing. However, he also succumbed later during treatment.
Investigators are suspecting that the family, who previously lived in Chandigarh, died by suicide. A passer-by, who found the concealed windshield odd, discovered the unconscious car occupants and alerted the police.
Commenting on the incident, DSP Panchkula Himadri Kaushik said, "Our forensic team has reached the spot. We are analysing... scanning the car thoroughly to know the reasons behind the it. Some facts that have emerged primarily indicate that this is a matter of suicide."
"At the moment, we are investigating the case from all angles. We are questioning the people in the area and going through the CCTV footage," DCP (Crime), Panchkula, Haryana, Amit Dahiya said.
Crime Branch Inspector Nirmal Singh told ANI, "We got information at around 11 PM last night that some bodies were found in a car. When we reached the spot, the bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital. A man named Praveen and his family were in the car. One person was alive and the others were dead. Investigation is underway"
2024 Tamil Nadu Case
Monday's incident reminds of a similar case in in Tamil Nadu where a family of five allegedly died by suicide in Pudukkottai district on September 2024. According to police, all five dead bodies were discovered in an abandoned car.
After a preliminary investigation, it was revealed that the family hailed from Salem, about 200 km from the city where they were found. The local police later identified the victims as 50-year-old businessman Manikandan, his wife Nithya, mother Saroja, and their two children.
The investigation suggested that the victims had consumed poison. The bodies have been sent to Pudukkottai Government Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
As per reports, the car along with the bodies within was found parked on the Trichy-Karaikudi National Highway on Wednesday morning. After seeing it there being parked at the same location since the previous evening, the local people reportedly alerted the police.
A note was recovered from the car. However, the reason behind the suicides is yet to be ascertained. The police is also probing the angle of pressure from money lenders as Manikandan, a metal trader, reportedly was in debt.
2018 Burari Case
In a bone-chilling and one of the most intriguing police cases in the national capital, 11 members of the Chundwat family in Delhi's Burari region died by suicide in 2018. The police discovered the bodies of the 11 family members on the morning of July 1, 2018.
While the body of Narayan Devi was found on the floor, the others were all discovered hanging from an iron grille, blindfolded and the hands and feet tied.
Besides Devi, the rest of the deceased were later identified as Devi's sons Bhavnesh and Lalit, daughter Pratibha, Bhavnesh's wife Savita and their children Nitu, Monu and Dhruv, Lalit's wife Teena and son Shivam and Pratibha's daughter Priyanka.
Initially, a murder case was registered. However, subsequent investigations and recovery of registers and a diary that detailed a set of rituals to be followed shifted the direction of the case. During investigation, police recovered a diary from inside the house that described the manner in which the family members were to hang themselves.
From occults and superstition to psychology and latest investigative techniques- police delved into various angles to crack the case.
However, after a three-year-long investigation, Delhi Police finally closed the case as a family suicide pact and ruled out the possibility of any foul play.
