4 physically-challenged girls and their father found dead in southwest Delhi, police suspect suicide

Five members of a family including four physically challenged girls aged between 8 to 18 and their father were found dead inside their apartment in southwest Delhi's Rangpuri Village, police said on Sep 28.

Police suspect the man and his daughters allegedly died by suicide after they consumed a poisonous substance.
The incident was reported on September 27 morning when neighbors sensed a foul smell emanating from the house and alerted the police.

A senior police officer was quoted as saying, "We broke open the door. The father's body was found in the living room. We found bodies of his four daughters when we went inside."

Police suspect the father fed his daughters poison. All four girls aged between 8 to 18 were physically disabled.

According to the police, no suicide note was found on the spot. Neighbors told the police that the man worked as a carpenter and took care of his daughters as their mother died of cancer a few years ago.

Police in a statement said they seized samples of food from the rooms and wrappers of medicine, adding, that a crime and forensic team was called to the spot.

The family lived on the fourth floor of a building in Rangpuri for eight years. The bodies were sent for an autopsy to ascertain the reason behind the deaths, police said.