‘Psychological autopsy’ to be done by Crime Branch

NEW DELHI: To unravel the mystery behind the simultaneous death of 11 members of a family in north Delhi’s Burari, Delhi Police will conduct a ‘psychological autopsy’.

Experts said a ‘psychological autopsy’ involves interacting with the relatives, friends and acquaintances of the victim(s) to find out if there was any pattern in their behaviour – for instance whether they were reading the same book or similarly-themed books, or were part of a cult or were influenced by any occultist.

A person had also claimed that a godwoman was behind the incident.

However, during the woman’s questioning, the Delhi Police Crime Branch found that she was not related to the victims.

“She was the daughter of one Kunwarpal, who was the contractor of the house where the deceased lived and had nothing to do with the case,” said an investigator.

Cops claimed that after the post-mortem report is received likely on Saturday, they will conduct the psychological autopsy.

The expert who will conduct it is yet to be decided. He or she will try to gain insight into the psyche of the deceased.

Investigators will also send viscera samples of the victims bodies for forensic examination to ascertain whether the victims were poisoned.

Delhi Police have found nine registers and more than 100 loose sheets from the house of the deceased.

“We have not found any register or any loose sheets from January and February 2018. The search is continuing for those documents,” said the investigator. Entries for the current year start from March 10, among which ‘Badh Tapasya’ was mentioned.