Delhi: Mother & Two Daughters Turn Vasant Vihar Flat To 'Gas Chamber', Found Dead. Police Suspect Suicide

Vasant Vihar: The family was in depression and the mother was bedridden since her husband passed away due to corona last year in April.

New Delhi: Three bodies were found in a flat at New Delhi’s Vasant Vihar suspected to be suicide. According to an ANI report, the Police said when they entered the house they found a partially opened gas cylinder and what is assumed to be a suicide note. The three bodies found were of a woman, Manju Srivastva, aged 55, and her two daughters Ankita and Anshuta aged 30 and 26 respectively. All three were found lying on a bed in the bedroom, which was sealed with foils to prevent the fumes from escaping the room.

According to the ANI report, the house-help Kamla, who had identified the bodies, said Manju's husband the house owner, Umesh Srivastva, had died in April last year due to coronavirus and since then the family was in depression and Manju was also bedridden due to illness.

The house was turned into a gas chamber, on the lattice of the gate a note was found which warned about the carbon monoxide and that the room should be ventilated.

A resident called the police, and the president of the society M. David also told ANI that the family had made a "smoke chamber" in the house with "angithi" and the police have taken the bodies with them.

Based on the first impression of the suicide notes, no allegations were made but the content and veracity are under investigation.

On Saturday at 8.55 pm, police received information that flat number 207 of Vasant Apartment in Vasant Vihar was locked from inside and the persons inside the house were not responding, a senior police officer said, PTI reported.

"After receiving a call at 8.55 PM today, the police staff along with the SHO reached Vasant Apartment in Vasant Vihar and found all the doors and windows closed from every side. On checking the inner room three dead bodies were found lying on the bed and three small 'angithis' were kept in the room. It is presumed that they died due to suffocation," said the police.

A formal investigation has been opened, so far no allegations have been made by anyone.