INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A 23-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly shot dead his maternal grandparents and his maternal uncle at their house
The motive of the homicide was not known immediately.The police arrested Om Brahmbhatt for the murders of his grandparents Dilip Kumar
had reached Coppola Drive where the family lived on Monday morning.Yashkumar, who was found injured in the house, was declared dead in the
The trio have their roots in Anand
Dilipkumar Brahmbhatt, who had served as a police sub-inspector in Bilimora had settled in Anand after retirement.Dilipkumar Brahmbhatt, who
had earlier served as a police subinspector in Bilimora town of Navsari district, had settled in Anand after retiring from the service
He and his other family members were living in a society on Lambhvel-Bakrol Road and had moved to the US only recently to stay with their
son Yash.People close to the Brahmbhatt family in Anand said that Om had relocated to the US just about 18 months ago
They said that it was on the insistence of his maternal grandfather that Om moved to the US for further studies.Om, who is being questioned
regarding the motive, was living with the victims and was found at the residence when the poli ce reached the crime spot.Cops rushed there
after gunshots were reported from the area.Om has been charged with three counts of firstdegree murder and three counts of second-degree
possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose
He is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center in North Brunswick, pending the results of a pre-trial detention
hearing.The septuagenarian couple were relatives of retired deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Kirit Brahmbhatt who had shot himself dead
in 2016.Kirit was older to Dilip and both siblings had their bungalows in Siddharth Kutir on the Lambhvel-Bakrol Road in Anand.In 2016,
Kirit, who had also served as police inspector in both Anand and Vadodara, had shot himself with his rifle in Vallabh Vidyanagar town where
he settled after retirement.
