The abrupt disappearance of a tenant and his family from the house in Wada taluka of Palghar district, where maggot-infested bodies of an elderly couple and their specially-abled daughter were recovered on Friday, has made him prime suspect in this triple murder case.

Mohammad Arif, in his early 30s, had rented out the Rathod property around seven months ago. He had been living with his wife and two children and would initially work as a security guard in Kudus village of the same taluka, said a source from Palghar police.