In a shocking development, the decomposed bodies of a woman and her three children were found hanging from a tree in the jungles of Pacchapur in Bhiwandi taluka of Thane district.
After learning about the death of his wife and three children, the head of the family one Sripat Bachchu Bangri tried to commit suicide by consuming poison. Bangri is undergoing treatment at the state-run Indira Gandhi hospital, where his condition is described as “critical”.
The Bhiwandi police said on Friday that the incident came to light on Thursday. The brother of Sripat Bangri who had gone to the jungle to fetch firewood saw the four bodies hanging from a tree. He alerted the police.
“After receiving the information, we recovered the decomposed bodies from the tree. We established their identities based on the clothes worn by them. After we established the identities of the four bodies, we informed Sripat Bangri about it. We have sent them for post-mortem,” a senior police officer said.
Meanwhile, a forensic team from Bhiwandi visited the spot where the four bodies were recovered and did a panchnama of the spot.
Police identified the four bodies as that of Ranjana Bangri (30), her daughters Darshana (12), Rohini (6) and son Rohit (9).
According to the police, the four members of Bangri family had been reported missing for seven weeks. Sripat Bangri had lodged a complaint with the Bhiwandi police on October 21 about their disappearance.
Bhiwandi police are investigating to find out if it was a suicide or a murder.
This is the second incident of a similar kind that has taken place in Thane district. Last month, the bodies of three persons were found hanging from a tree near Khardi village in the neighbouring Sahapur taluka.