Eleven members of a family, including two minor boys, were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their home in north Delhi's Burari today, with the police suspecting the family followed some religious practice to "attain salvation". Ten of those dead were found hanging from an iron-mesh in the ceiling for ventilation, while the body of a 77-year-old woman was lying on the floor in another room of the house, the police said.

Two of the deceased were children - both aged 15.Those who were found hanging had their mouth taped and their faces covered with cloth pieces cut from a single bedsheet. The woman found dead on the floor was without a blindfold and had been allegedly strangulated.