It seems that Hasnain Warekar, the Thane resident who murdered 14 members of his family used Clozapine to sedate his kin before killing them. Clozapine, a drug for treating schizophrenia, was mixed in falooda served to victims. It is used to sedate and induces dizziness.
Hasnain Warekar, had invited his sisters and their children to his home for a feast and later slit their throats with a cleaver. The feast incuded tandoori chicken, mutton tandoor, samosa, sabudana kebab, pomfret, bread, mutton khichdi, cold drink and falooda. The 14 family members whom Warekar killed before hanging himself from a ceiling fan included seven children and six women.
Wareker’s youngest sister, Subiya Bharmar (22), managed to survive the massacre and is now the only witness in the case.
Wareker was a resident of Kasarwadavali village in Thane.
Days after the incident, the Thane police are still shooting in the dark when it comes to ascertaining a motive behind a 35-year-old man killing 14 of his family members in cold blood and then committing suicide. The different theories that they are probing include the accused believing in superstitions and life after death, and having a troubled financial life and psychological disorders.
Since Warekar was a religious person, who frequented the Hazrat Pardesi Baba Dargah along with his father Anwar, the police are probing whether it was any superstitious belief that led to the horrifying act. The police have also claimed to have found that the accused had been prescribed with medicinal drugs, which could hint towards a psychological ailment such as multiple personality disorder. Meanwhile, the statements of Warekar’s father-in-law, Shaukat Khan, revealed to the cops that Warekar had been unsuccessfully trying to start a business, which had led to debts, and this could have driven him to take the extreme step.
The police are awaiting the forensic and autopsy reports and the data collected from the accused’s laptop and cellphone. Different teams have been formed to probe the various angles.
“The different theories behind the killings are being probed and we have visited the dargah Warekar used to frequent and taken statements from the people there. But we did not find anything unusual there,” the officer said.