Three members of a family were found dead on late Saturday evening inside a flat in southwest Delhi's Vasant Vihar area.
On Saturday at 8.55 pm, police received information that flat number 207 of Vasant Apartment in Vasant Vihar was locked from inside and the persons inside were not responding, a senior police officer said.
Police managed to open the door and found that a gas cylinder was partially opened. On checking the inner room, three bodies were found lying on the bed and three small 'angithi' were kept in the room.
Police found that the doors and windows of the flat were sealed to ensure that the gas does not escape. According to reports, they used material that they had ordered online for sealing.
The three women, a mother in her 50s and her two daughters, left behind chilling suicide notes in which they left clear instructions for people who were entering into their flat.
"Too much deadly gas... carbon monoxide inside. It's flammable. Please ventilate the room by opening the window and opening the fan. Do not light match, candle or anything!! Be careful while removing the curtain because room is full of hazardous gas. Do not inhale," the suicide note by the deceased, Manju Srivastava and her daughters Anshika and Anku, read.
Manju's husband had died in April last year due to coronavirus and since then the family was in depression, and she was also bedridden due to illness.
—With PTI inputs
