Thane: Came for son’s birthday, killed his entire family

A man bludgeoned to death his wife and two children by smashing their heads with a cricket bat two days after attending his sonrsquos birthday celebration The triple murder took place in Kasarvadavli on Ghodbunder Road on Thursday morning The police have launched a manhunt for Amit Dharamveer Bagdi who has been absconding since the incident The deceased have been identified as Bhavna 24 Ankush 8 and Khushi 6 Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that Amit killed his wife and kids using his sonrsquos cricket batThe cricket bat used in the murdersOn December 13 Amit Dharamveer Bagdi visited Kasarvadavli village to celebrate his sonrsquos birthday according to his brother Vikas ldquoHe brought the cake for Ankushs birthday on December 13 and was staying with us since three days On Thursday I went out for work around 7 am When I returned around 1130 am I saw that Bhavna and the children had been beaten to death using Ankushs cricket bat and Amit wasnrsquot around I called the policerdquo Vikas told middayVikas said that in the three days that Amit stayed over he never had any argument with Bhavna ldquoI never felt that Amit would do such a thing or else I would not have allowed him to stay hererdquo he said adding that Amit had last visited them around seven months backldquoThe accused originally from Khardalipur Haryana has fled and we are actively trying to trace him down He had a history of alcohol addiction and frequently quarrelling with his wiferdquo said an officer from Kasarvadavli police According to the officer due to Amitrsquos alcoholism and the daily arguments Bhavna left him along with their children and started living with his brother Vikas in Kasarvadavli around 56 years agoKhushi and Ankush Bagdi PicsRajesh Gupta and Prasun ChoudharildquoOn receiving information we immediately rushed to the crime scene Police Inspector Shashikant Rokde of Kasarvadavli police is leading the inquiry Police teams have been dispatched to various locations and the accused will be arrested soonrdquo Senior PI Sunil Patil of Kasarvadavli police said Vikas while recollecting the good times spent with the kids and the connection with the murder weapon said ldquoThe cricket bat belonged to me and I gave it to Ankush and Khushi some years back when they moved in at my place They had been playing cricket every afternoon with the bat sincerdquoNeighbours SpeakSpeaking with midday a neighbour Kunal Patil said ldquoIt was a routine morning We did not see Bhavna coming out of the house as she usually does Thinking that people tend to wake up late in winter we thought she and the kids might have slept for a longer time Till the time Vikas came back we had no idea of what had happened and we didnrsquot spot Amit leaving the house either They were hit on the head and killed instantly as we didnrsquot hear any screams that might have alerted the neighboursrdquoBhavna BagdiAnother neighbour said that the morning was calm and no shouting or fighting was heard ldquoAll we know so far is that the husband was an alcohol addict and that was the reason Bhavna had left him to take refuge with his brother VikasrdquoCop SpeakAmar Singh Jadhav DCP Zone 5 told midday ldquoThe police personnel and forensic teams from Kasarvadavli police have visited the crime scene It was found that the husband had used a cricket bat to kill his wife and two children We are currently conducting a thorough investigation and the accused will be arrested soonrdquo Amit charged him under IPC Section 302 murder1130 amTime the bodies were discovered on Thursday