NEW DELHI: Two men and a woman were found dead inside a car near the Peeragarhi flyover in west Delhi on Sunday, police said, adding that the case prima facie appeared to be a suicide pact, though no suicide note has been recovered so far.
Police said they received a PCR call around 3.50 pm reporting that three people were sitting inside a vehicle with locked doors and were unresponsive. A police team rushed to the spot and found the car parked along a service lane near the flyover.
During the inspection, the police found three occupants, two men and a woman, sitting motionless inside the vehicle. Crime and forensic teams were called to the scene, and the area was cordoned off for investigation, a senior police officer said.
According to the police, the bodies were found with the car doors closed, with no signs of struggle or visible external injuries. All valuables, including mobile phones and personal belongings, were found intact inside the vehicle.
The deceased have been identified as Randhir (76), the owner of the car, Shiv Naresh Singh (47), and Laxmi Devi (40), all residents of Baprola. It was not immediately clear whether the three belonged to the same family, police said.
Preliminary inquiry suggested that the car had been parked at the spot for some time before passersby noticed the unresponsive occupants and alerted the police. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem to determine the exact cause of death.
Police are also verifying the relationship between the deceased and examining call detail records, CCTV footage from nearby areas and the vehicle’s movement prior to the incident to reconstruct the sequence of events.
Further investigation is underway.
(With inputs from PTI)