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The Chundawat family, also
known as the Bhatia family by
neighbours,had lived in the
two-storey house in Burari's
Sant Nagar neighbourhood for
around twenty years, after
moving from their native town
in Tohana, Haryana. The
family ran a grocery shop and
plywood business in the area.

 Narayani Devi (80), mother of Bhuvnesh, Lalit and Pratibha
 Pratibha Bhatia (57), widowed daughter of Narayani Devi
 Bhuvnesh (50, also spelled as Bhavnesh), elder son of Narayani Devi
 Lalit (45), younger son of Narayani Devi
 Savita (48), elder daughter-in-law of Narayani Devi, wife of Bhuvnesh
 Tina (42, also spelled as Teena), younger daughter-in-law of Narayani Devi, wife of
Lalit
 Priyanka (33), only daughter of Pratibha
 Nitu (25, also spelled as Neetu), elder daughter of Bhuvnesh
 Monu (called "Menaka") (23), younger daughter of Bhuvnesh
 Dhruv (called "Dushyant") (15), only son and youngest child of Bhuvnesh
 Shivam (15), son and only child of Lalit.

 In 2007,Lalit Chundawat's
father Bhopal Singh died
of natural causes. After the
death of their father, Lalit
became very introverted.
One day, he told his family
that he was possessed by
his father's soul, who
advised him the ways to
attain a good life. Since 2007
he, along with Priyanka and
Nitu had been maintaining a
diary on his father's
"instructions".

 Ten of the eleven people – two men, six women and two teens – were found
hanging in the courtyard of the house. They were blindfolded and their
mouths were taped. Some of the bodies had their hands and feet tied. The
grandmother, 80-year-old Narayani Devi, was found dead in another room.
It appeared that she had been strangled.
 Members of the family were found hanging from a mesh in their ceiling in
the hallway, all close together. Their faces were wrapped almost entirely,
ears plugged with cotton, mouths taped and hands tied behind the back.
There were five stools, probably shared by the 10 members. Their faces
were covered with cloth pieces cut from a single bed-sheet.
 Tommy, the pet dog of the family, was the only survivor in the house. He
was chained on the terrace and had a high fever when the police found him
after discovering the 11 bodies. It was not clear who had tied him. He was
later said to have been convalescing at Noida's House of Stray Animals,
where he was taken immediately after being rescued

 Evidence found in the house pointed to mass suicide for occult reasons. Post-mortem
examination of the bodies found no signs of struggle. Due to the public nature of the case,
pressure from hardline groups, and accusations of coverup from relatives, police initially
recorded the case as a murder and investigated the possibility of a murder motivated by non-
occult reasons.
 Police found 11 diaries in the house, all of them maintained for eleven years.Joint Commissioner
of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar stated: "We have found handwritten notes detailing how hands and
legs are to be tied and are quite similar to the manner in which the bodies of 10 persons were
found. They are exhaustive notes and we are studying them.“
 Details written in the diaries match how the bodies were found, with their faces covered, mouths
taped, and cotton balls in ears. The bodies were discovered hanged in batches of three, which is
what the diaries also state. The diary stated that the Bebe (elderly woman) could not stand and
hence should be laying on the bed, which was consistent with the discovery of her being found
strangled on the bed.

 According to psychologists, this sequence
of events can be caused by 'shared
psychotic disorder', where members
blindly follow the instructions of one
among them. They propose that Lalit had a
'delusional disorder’. However, their elder
brother, who stays in Rajasthan, believes
that this was a well planned murder and
not a suicide. He stated that if this whole
thing was done by Lalit and his wife, then
their hands should be opened instead of
tied.

 The 845th episode of the Indian crime
television show called Crime Patrol is based on
the Burari deaths.
 Three-part true crime docu-series titled House
of Secrets: The Burari Deaths is based on the
case. Created by Leena Yadav and Anubhav
Chopra, the series premiered on Netflix on 8
October 2021. It is considered as one of the
best Indian true crime documentaries on Netflix.
 Disney+ Hotstar has released a series
titled Aakhri Sach starring Tamannaah
Bhatia and Abhishek .Banerjee which is loosely
based on this incident

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