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When the constabulary were alerted astir the assemblage recovered adjacent a creek connected Raya-Khadavli Road, they rushed to the spot and recovered that it was that of a woman. (Representational image/File)
In June 2019, a gunny container with a partially burnt assemblage of a pistillate was recovered adjacent a creek successful Maharashtra’s Kalyan taluka. The Thane Rural constabulary did not person a batch to spell with but 3 clues proved captious to the investigation: chickenhearted feathers, an amulet and henna connected the woman’s hands.
When the constabulary were alerted astir the assemblage recovered adjacent a creek connected Raya-Khadavli Road, they rushed to the spot and recovered that it was that of a woman. She had been dumped into a soiled gunny container which had chickenhearted feathers inside. The constabulary past noticed that the pistillate had a quadrate amulet connected her waist with Bengali inscriptions. She besides had henna connected her hands.
This led the constabulary to cheque the chickenhearted shops successful the country and look retired for Bengali speakers oregon Bangladeshi immigrants successful the locality. The henna plan and amulet had connections to Bangladesh, the constabulary found, and accusation from locals led them to Jane-Aalam (Aalam) Shaikh, 33, who had a chickenhearted store successful Baneli colony adjacent Titwala.
When a constabulary squad visited the area, locals confirmed that Shaikh had been spotted with the woman, present identified arsenic Moni Kumar, 25, and was allegedly successful a narration with her. Locals besides said that Aalam had not been seen successful the vicinity aft helium closed his chickenhearted store connected June 22 that year.
The constabulary past tracked Aalam’s telephone number, which revealed that helium was successful the Thane territory a fewer days agone but had near for West Bengal. A constabulary squad past near for West Bengal, wherever with the assistance of the section police, they caught Aalam from a colony successful Birbhum territory and arrested him connected July 8, 2019.
A combat implicit money, a narration turns sour
According to the police, Aalam was successful a narration with Kumar and had lent her Rs 2.5 lakh successful tiny instalments implicit 2 years. When helium demanded the money, Kumar allegedly refused to instrumentality it and threatened to pass his household astir their relationship.
The constabulary said this angered Aalam who allegedly decided to execution Kumar with the assistance of his relative Maniruddin Aabu Shaikh. They allegedly went to Kumar’s location successful Khadavli colony and strangled her utilizing a muffler/scarf, the constabulary said.
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Aalam and his relative past allegedly wrapped Kumar’s assemblage successful a gunny container they picked from the chickenhearted shop, took it to a secluded spot, acceptable it ablaze and past dumped it successful the creek adjacent Raya Mori span connected June 22, 2019.
Booked for murder, bail denied
The investigators recovered retired that Aalam had thrown the SIM cards that helium and Kumar utilized into a stream nether the railway span connected the mode from Shahad to Ambivali. But telephone information records revealed that the duo often communicated with each other.
The constabulary seized a muffler/scarf from Aalam that was allegedly utilized to execution Kumar. The constabulary besides seized a representation paper that had a representation of the accused and the deceased together. Aalam was booked nether charges of execution and causing disappearance of grounds nether the Indian Penal Code.
On September 9, 2020, Additional Sessions Judge S D Bhagat observed that the “chain of circumstances prima facie shows culpability of the accused and establishes his complicity successful the alleged offence”. Noting that determination was prima facie worldly connected grounds to amusement that the accused was progressive successful conspiracy to perpetrate the murder, the tribunal rejected Aalam’s bail plea citing his “complicity” successful the case.
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