Vasant Kunj deaths: Girls’ father was in touch with ‘exorcist’

Days after a man and his four daughters were found dead at their home in Vasant Kunj, the police on Tuesday said they found that the man was in touch with an “exorcist” for the treatment of one of his daughters.

The decomposed bodies of Heera Lal Sharma (46) and his four daughters were recovered from their residence at Rangpuri village on September 27. Two two daughters, Neeru and Nidhi, were differently abled.

Sources said the police accessed the call data records of Sharma, in which he spoke with one of his brothers on September 19, just for 20 seconds and on the same day, he also spoke with a female ‘exorcist’, a resident of South East Delhi.

“It was found that she had told Sharma some of the remedies for his differently abled daughter, Neeru, but it was not the occult practice or anything that could raise any such suspicion,” a police source said.

The investigations have revealed that Neeru could not properly sit or stand. She would complain of bad dreams and could not sleep properly. Earlier, Sharma had consulted an exorcist regarding Neeru too, the source said. The police suspect it to be a case of suicide pact, but haven’t ruled out the possibility of Sharma poisoning his daughters before committing suicide, another source said.