Thane mass murder: Husnain Warerkar used to visit tantrik, says aunt

Mumbai: It has come to light that Husnain Warerkar, the chartered accountant from Thane who killed himself after butchering 14 of his family members on Sunday, was in touch with a tantrik in a dargah. He reportedly never visited a hospital for treatment, but only consumed medicines given by the self-styled godman.

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The Thane police is looking for the tantrik. When Deccan Chronicle visited the Pardeshibaba dargah, only a kilometre away from Husnain's house, none of the persons were ready to talk about the incident.

The police said Husnain’s cousin said that he would never visit a hospital for any injury or illness.

“We were shocked when we heard from his aunt that she would advise Husnain to go to a nearby hospital but he would ignore it and once he even told her, ‘I go to my doctor (the tantrik) who is more efficient than yours, aunty’,” said a policeman on condition of anonymity.

For small worries such as his exam results to every thing he had been visiting the tantrik at the dargah,” added the police official Till now, the police has taken statements of some 20 people, including his maternal and paternal uncles and aunts.

DCP Vilas Chandan Shive said, “We have got details from many people; we have to scrutinise and verify it. Apart from this, when we tried to talk to people of Pardeshibaba dargah, of which Husain’s father was a trustee, no one was ready to talk about the incident. The dargah is situated near Anand Nangar, just a kilometre away from Husnain’s house. We tried to ask some of the people over there about Husnain’s father and about him but no one gave us any details. They refused to talk about the incident or about Husnain. One person said it was a trap to ruin the dargah’s name.

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The 35-year-old Husnain killed 14 members of his family — including his parents, wife, two daughters, three sisters and their children — at his Thane house before committing suicide in the early hours of Sunday. He slit their throats with a butcher’s knife. When the police reached the crime spot, they found 14 bodies with their throats slit on the ground and first floor of the house. Husnain’s body was found hanging, with a knife still in his hand.