Indian accountant 'murdered 14 members of his family by drugging them before slashing their throats with butcher's knife'

The 35-year-old was found hanged after apparently murdering his family including seven children and his own parents.

Hasnin Warekar allegedly murdered 14 members of his family before taking his own life. Body bags were seen being carried out of the property this morning.

AN INDIAN man has murdered 14 members of his own family by drugging them and slashing their throats open with a butcher's knife, police say.

A police investigator wearing a face mask in the house where the bodies were found

 Hasnin Anwar Warekar allegedly killed seven children and his own parents in the horrific bloodbath which played out after a family function near the Indian city of Mumbai.

Police and forensic experts leave the house

 The 35-year-old accountant laced their food with sedatives before murdering them, according to reports. His 21-year-old sister is the only survivor of the bloody onslaught after police found her when neighbours responded to her screams.

Locals and relatives mourn after the horrific attacks

 Warekar hanged himself after the mass murder, police said. Police spokesman Gajanan Laxman Kabdule said: "The attacker, Hasnin Anwar Warekar, hung himself after slitting the throats of all other family members including his parents.

A police officer leaves the house

 "We still haven't been able to speak with the attacker's 21-year-old sister, the lone survivor of the attack, who is in deep trauma at a city hospital."

The accountant's sister is now in hospital and is the only survivor of the attack

 The officer could not confirm whether the accountant's family had been sedated before they were murdered, but said investigators are awaiting the results of medical tests.


He also said he was unsure of the motive. The family had met for dinner in Thane, roughly 20 miles from Mumbai, on Saturday evening. Their lifeless bodies were found on Sunday morning.

Local media reported the chartered accountant murdered his family after they went to bed, after they all decided to spend the night together.

Ashutosh Dumbre, joint commissioner of Thane Police said: "Prima facie evidence suggests that the accused bolted all the doors of the house and murdered his family while they were asleep with a knife that we found near his body."

Television footage shows men carrying body bags out of a house.