An 82-year-old woman, her three daughters and a security guard were found dead in their

ancestral haveli in east Delhis Shahdara on Saturday in what police believe could be a mass
murder for property.

The five were found with neck wounds believed to have been inflicted by sharp objects though
police are yet to recover any weapon.

Police ruled out robbery as a motive despite the womens room being ransacked. Police are
probing if a property dispute led to the murders.

The aged woman, Urmila Jindal, was to sell her share of the property, said Dependra Pathak,
adding the entry into the property and the womens room was friendly.

The jewellery and expensive mobile phones of the victims were left untouched. Robbery does
not look like a motive here, he said. Urmilas nephews and other relatives, however, denied any
property dispute.

The murders happened in a haveli known as the Jindal Oil Mills, a popular landmark in east
Delhi and one of the first buildings to be built in Shahdara.

Spread over more than 5,000 sq feet, the haveli housed seven families, including Urmilas, and a
total of 40 family members. The Jindal family was into mustard oil production from 1932 until
four decades ago.

According to family and local residents, the entire Jindal family has other businesses and gets
rent from other properties.

The four other deceased are Urmilas three daughters, Sangeeta Gupta, 56, Nupur, 48, Anjali, 38
and a 42-year-old security guard, Rakesh. Urmila had lost her husband a few years ago.
Urmila had another daughter, Abha, who lives with her husband in South Extension.

Nupur and Anjali had decided to serve their mother, so they did not get married. Sangeeta lost
her husband a few years ago, said Rakesh Jindal, Urmilas nephew.

The murders were discovered around 7am on Saturday when a flower delivery man, a regular to
the household, did not receive a response from the security guard. He entered the unlocked gate
of the property to find the guard lying near the stairs.

While the large family was discussing the guards murder, one of the members entered Urmilas
room on the first floor to find her murdered too. Her three daughters were lying dead nearby,
either on the bed or below. All the five had been stabbed multiple times in their necks, said an
investigator not authorised to address the media.