Horror gripped Nalanda’s Rajgir after four Bengaluru pilgrims were found hanged in a dharmshala room, sparking a whirlwind police investigation into possible mass suicide or murder. The victims – two couples, it seems – checked into Digambar Jain Dharmshala on January 31 post-Nepal travels.
Jain devotees drawn to the site’s sanctity, they were routine until February 2 sightings. Then, isolation. Friday’s deadly odor from locked Room 6AB triggered the breakthrough: police entry revealed the quartet dangling lifelessly.
Identified partly as A.R. Nag Prasad via ID proofs, full names await. The tight quarters fuel speculation – pact, poison, or push?
Response was rapid: blockade, seal, summon forensics. Cameras, call records, itineraries dissected. Every lead chased in this baffling case.
Postmortems pending, but preliminary probes hint at suicide. Yet doubts linger amid the improbability. Bihar tourism reels, safety protocols questioned. Families demand justice; police vow clarity soon in this enigma of ends.