The Sangli police on Monday booked 25 people from the district in connection with the mass death of nine members of a single-family. The police have suspected an alleged 'suicide pact' in the matter. The bodies were found in two different houses in Sangli, a western Maharashtra district located over 350km from Mumbai.

Speaking to mid-day.com, Superintendent of Police, Dikshit Gedam said, "A case under section 306 (abetment to suicide) of IPC was registered against 25 people in the matter. The case is further being investigated."