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: Pratibha’s daughter (engaged to be married).

: Due to the family's deep-rooted respect for elders and Lalit's role as the provider, other members gradually adopted his delusions. burari deaths

But it was the grandmother’s room that held the first clue. A diary lay open on her table. Inside, in neat Hindi script, were lists. Instructions. A mantra repeated 16 times. And a strange, repetitive diagram: a capital 'D' with a vertical line through it, like a broken steering wheel, or a one-eyed face. The family had drawn this symbol everywhere—on the wall, on their palms. : Pratibha’s daughter (engaged to be married)

Here is a solid review of the incident, the investigation, and its aftermath. A diary lay open on her table

Forensic psychologists and investigators concluded this was not a typical mass suicide or murder, but rather a case of (also known as folie à plusieurs ).

The story, as the neighbors would whisper, was not of a single day, but of a slow, strange descent. It began three years ago, after the patriarch, Gopal, had died of a heart attack. The family’s hardware business floundered. They were drowning in debt. Then, one night, the youngest son, Lalit, claimed to have had a vision. Gopal had returned, he said. Not as a ghost, but as a "voice." A guiding spirit.