Summary:
Police found traces of rat poison and a suicide note in the house, causing them to suspect that the 11 had killed themselves.
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Eleven members of a Hindu family who moved in from Pakistan in 2015 found dead in their small house located on a farm in Lodata Alavata village of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district.
A family member who slept outside the hut and was alive informed the police.
The dead include a five-year-old girl and two boys, aged 11 and 10.
Police found traces of rat poison and a suicide note in the house, causing them to suspect that the 11 had killed themselves.
But murder cannot be ruled out, the police said.
“All angles are being investigated,” said Jodhpur (rural) superintendent of police Rahul Barhat.
He said that the lone survivor who slept on the veranda outside the hut informed the police about the deaths around 10 am on Sunday.
The dead include a five-year-old girl and two boys, aged 11 and 10.
Police found traces of rat poison and a suicide note in the house, causing them to suspect that the 11 had killed themselves.