{"id":17773,"date":"2026-06-07T02:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/two-found-dead-in-chajjupur-police-suspect-man-poisoned-son-before-killing-self-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T02:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:39:45","slug":"two-found-dead-in-chajjupur-police-suspect-man-poisoned-son-before-killing-self-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/two-found-dead-in-chajjupur-police-suspect-man-poisoned-son-before-killing-self-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Two found dead in Chajjupur; police suspect man \u2018poisoned\u2019 son before killing self | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131558405,imgsize-9120,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/death1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Two found dead in Chajjupur; police suspect man \u2018poisoned\u2019 son before killing self\" title=\"photo for representation\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">New Delhi:<\/span> A 54-year-old man allegedly poisoned his 13-year-old son before allegedly dying by suicide at their home in northeast Delhi\u2019s Chajjupur on Saturday morning, police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The deceased have been identified as Praveen Sharma and his son. Police received information about a suicide at Jyoti Nagar police station in the morning and reached the house in North Chajjupur.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Preliminary investigation suggests the father may have administered a poisonous substance to the child before taking his own life, police said. The exact cause of death will be confirmed after post-mortem.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Forensic teams examined the scene and collected evidence. <!-- -->The bodies have been sent for autopsy, and proceedings under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) have been initiated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Investigators said Sharma was undergoing separation from his wife, who lives in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ghaziabad\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ghaziabad<\/a>. He had reportedly been unemployed for several years after an accident, although he had earlier worked in the IT sector.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>According to police, Sharma lived with his son and was facing financial stress. The household was largely supported by his elderly father\u2019s pension. Police suspect financial distress and personal difficulties may have led to the incident, though all angles are being examined.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Further investigation is underway.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/two-found-dead-in-chajjupur-police-suspect-man-poisoned-son-before-killing-self\/articleshow\/131558406.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: A 54-year-old man allegedly poisoned his 13-year-old son before allegedly dying by suicide at their home in northeast Delhi\u2019s Chajjupur on Saturday morning, police said.The deceased have been identified as Praveen Sharma and his son. Police received information about a suicide at Jyoti Nagar police station in the morning and reached the house [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}