(From left) Accused Zeeshan, his niece Aafiya and his sister-in-law Shaheen.
Ghaziabad:
A case of double homicide was reported in Ghaziabad when a 23-year-old man strangled his sister-in-law and her three-month-old daughter at their residence to settle outdated scores with the girl, police mentioned on Tuesday. The accused has been arrested.
An in depth probe is underway however preliminary investigations revealed that the accused, Zeeshan, needed to actual revenge on the girl for the assault and humiliation he suffered from her cousin brother two months in the past. In addition to, he suspected that the girl had satisfied his brother to not give him Rs 30,000 to go to Dubai for work.
Police mentioned one other daughter of the girl, who witnessed the murders, nonetheless, survived an identical assault as she ran away from the spot.
These murdered had been recognized as Shaheen Parveen (34) and her daughter Aafiya.
Based on Ghaziabad Rural Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Surendranath Tripathi, the murders passed off in Bamheta village underneath Wave Metropolis police station on Monday.
Police mentioned Zeeshan first used a dupatta to strangle Shaheen in entrance of her two youngsters. He then strangled Aafiya together with his fingers.
“Three-and-a-half-year-old Anbiya ran away, crying. Zeeshan would have killed her too had she stayed within the room,” the DCP mentioned.
Explaining the potential causes behind the murders, Tripathi mentioned: “Two months in the past, Shaheen’s cousin brother Afroz had humiliated Zeeshan throughout a dispute over the development of a home by Zeeshan’s household in Bihar, and even pulled him by his collar. The accused needed to hunt revenge over this. In addition to, he needed to go to Dubai and wanted Rs 30,000 for the visa. He suspected that Shaheen had satisfied his brother Burhan to not give him the cash.”
After committing the crime, Zeeshan fled to Noida, the place he snatched a girl’s cell phone and made a name to Burhan, threatening to kill.
The accused was arrested whereas he was returning to Ghaziabad on Tuesday, police mentioned.
(With inputs from Pintu Tomar)