In a horrific incident, a 35 year old man killed 14 members of his family before hanging himself, in Thane, Mumbai. Hasnain Warekar, employee at a financial services firm in Navi Mumbai, allegedly slit the throats of his family members including his wife, parents, sisters, and seven children.
One sister who survived the murder spree gave her account to investigators of what happened in the house between 2 and 2.30 am on Sunday. The Police suspect that Hasnain sedated his family members he had invited over for dinner. The officials were alerted by the neighbours who around 3:15 rescued Hasnain's 21 year old sister Subia Bharmar, who reportedly woke up just before Hasnain attacked her, and managed to push him away as he swung the knife at her throat. Bleeding from the wound made on her chin, she locked herself in a bedroom where another sister lay dead, and was taken out by neighbours through a window.
When police broke into the house at 4 am, they found Hasnain hanging from the ceiling with a meat cleaver still in his hand. While the motive behind the murder is still unknown, Subia reportedly told investigators that her brother would often say he would kill everyone, when irritated. Authorities have sought records from the Thane Municipal Corporation on property the family owned and has lived for generations. Relatives and neighbours reportedly told officials that nearly four years ago, Hasnain had tried something similar, with a local ‘baba’ giving him medication that he administered to family members, who then remained unconscious for nearly 15 hours. Suspecting something amiss when the family missed morning prayers, the neighbours had reportedly rushed them to hospital.
Close relatives said he had a dark side, known only to them. “They told us Hasnain (an MCom from NKT College, Thane) was some kind of a psycho. He would tell his parents he felt sick of them. They feared he would kill them all some day,” said a police officer. Cops have ruled out property dispute as a motive.
