Location: Burari, Delhi, India (2018) đźđł
The Story: In a quiet, middle-class neighborhood, the Chundawat familyâ11 members across three generations;lived an outwardly normal life. In July 2018, they were discovered dead in their home in a scene of ritualistic horror. Ten were found hanging in a grid-like pattern from a meshed ceiling, blindfolded, gagged, and with their hands tied. The eldest grandmother lay dead in another room. â
The Twist: The key to the tragedy was found in detailed diaries spanning over a decade. They revealed the family had been performing increasingly elaborate rituals, believing they were guided by the spirit of their deceased patriarch. The final act, as meticulously notated, was a "symbolic hanging" meant to purify them and reunite them with him, which they believed would end with their survival. The official conclusion was a case of "shared psychosis" or collective suicide. However, the sheer scale, the bound hands, and the inherent ambiguity leave a haunting question: did they willingly step into the noose, or were they compelled by a shared delusion so powerful it felt like fate? Their home, a place of family unity, became a sealed chamber where faith fatally crossed into delusion. đ