Dehradun family found dead in ‘gas-filled’ car

Three members of a family hailing from Dehradun were found dead in a gas-filled car at Paonta Sahib in Himachal, approximately 50 kilometres from Dehradun on Tuesday morning.

The deceased have been identified as Raminder Kaur (65), Jasbir Singh Randhawa (35) and Inderjit Kaur (25). Jasbir and Inderjit were Raminder’s son and daughter.

Sirmaur superintendent of police (SP) Soumya Sambasivan said bodies of the deceased have been sent for postmortem.

“The deceased have been identified. They arrived in Paonta Sahib early Tuesday morning,” she said. The police have not found any suicide note.

As per parking staff, the vehicle entered a parking at around 4 am and when asked to pay the fee, the Randhawa said he will pay it later. The parking staff checked the vehicle in morning and found the three “asleep”. When the attendant got no response, parking staff then called the police, which found the three to be dead.

It was also found that all sources of ventilation in the car were closed. Police also found a gas cylinder. “The cylinder has been sent to the forensic lab for investigation,” a police officer said.

Dehradun SSP Sweety Agarwal said the scene of crime was in Himanchal and that they were “keeping an eye”.

Sources said the family,

which originally hails from Punjab, was living in Dehradun since the last couple of years and was apparently under financial stress.

They had sold a cottage at Lal Tappad near Dehradun and had shifted to Vasant Vihar, an upscale locality in Uttarakhand’s capital.