Hunt for suicidal parent killer on

A team of seven policemen from Mumbai Police has been formed to trace the accused who allegedly killed his parents, after evidence suggested that he may be contemplating attempting suicide, if he hasn't already done it.

After MiD DAY's report ('Man kills parents; spends two days beside their bodies') that Marol resident Moiz Bharmal allegedly strangled his parents late on Friday night, and is suspected to be mentally disturbed following his wife's demise, the MIDC police have not yet got any leads on his whereabouts.


Moiz Bharmal

"Suspecting that Moiz might have committed suicide, we have alerted all the hospitals, hotels, railway stations, jungles and police stations across the state.
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A team of officers has been dispatched to Pune, along with Moiz's son Hussain, to question his friends and previous employers," said Senior Police Inspector Suresh Hujband from MIDC police station.

In a letter Moiz left behind before he went missing on Monday, he hinted that he may kill himself. According to the police, he might have thought of committing suicide in a different place and it has become a challenge for them to arrest him before he takes the extreme step.

"We are also checking with his employers in Mumbai," said Hujband.

Moiz previously had worked at Say Cheese restaurant and Mocambo caf ufffd in south Mumbai. He would repeatedly go missing for days together from his parents' house, and stay at his workplace, cops said.

"We have many missing complaints lodged by his parents at the police station," Hujband added.

According to the police, there was no particular motive behind the murders. "Moiz was mentally disturbed and might have killed his parents while they were asleep. Moiz stayed with the bodies for two days. He had tucked the bodies in bed and took care of them as if they were sleeping," the official said.

Nasreen, Moiz's sister, who is settled in Chennai, said in her statement that her brother was disturbed after the death of his wife and had become an introvert.

"I spoke to Moiz 15 days ago but did not notice anything strange. He was disturbed but we did not expect him to take such an extreme step," Nasreen said to the police.

The double murder was discovered on Monday evening, after residents of the Manisha apartments located at Church Road at Marol in Andheri East complained of a stench.

The smell was traced to the first floor residence of Nooruddin Bharmal (87), Moiz's father. On breaking the door, the police found the bodies of Moiz's parents in different rooms.