Thane man attempts suicide after missing wife, 3 kids found hanging

Thane (Maharashtra), Dec 11 : In a shocker, the bodies of a woman and her three minor children were found hanging from a tree near Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi town, some 50 days after they were reported missing, police said here on Friday.
On learning of the incident, Shripat Bangri, 35 – husband of the deceased woman – allegedly consumed poison to end his life. He was rushed to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital where he is battling for life.
Bangri’s wife – Ranjana, 30, and their three children, Darshana, 12, Rohit, 9 and Rohini 6 – were reported missing since October 21 for which he had lodged a police complaint.
Padgha police station is investigating the matter and the bodies have been sent for autopsy, said the investigation officer D.M. Katke.
Katke said that Bangri’s brother, who had gone to the Ubarkhand-Pachhapur forests to collect firewood, saw the skeletal remains of his sister-in-law and her children hanging from a tree, and alerted him.
The police along with a forensic team which rushed to the scene, established the identity of the deceased on the basis of their clothes.