Thane, More than three weeks after a couple allegedly murdered their 18-month-old daughter and secretly buried her in a graveyard in Maharashtra's Thane city, police exhumed her body and found it in an anonymous After the letter, the husband and wife were arrested. Crime, an official said on Thursday.
He said that Zahid Shaikh (38), resident of Mumbra in the city, and his 28-year-old wife Noorami were arrested on Wednesday on charges of murder that took place on March 18.
"The police had recently received an anonymous letter in which the couple had murdered their child Labiba and buried the body quietly in the graveyard. The police began investigation and detained the couple. Initially, the accused had Did not cooperate, but later explained how he did it. However, he did not reveal the motive behind the murder,” said Anil Shinde, senior inspector of Mumbra police station.
"The couple told the police that they killed their daughter on March 18, then buried the body in a local graveyard. The police took out the mutilated body. The autopsy report confirmed that the girl's head and There were injuries on other parts of the body," he added.
He said that a case has been registered with the police under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of crime) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Inspector (crime) S A Dawnay said the couple was produced before a magistrate on Wednesday and remanded to police custody till April 15.
He said that Zahid Shaikh (38), resident of Mumbra in the city, and his 28-year-old wife Noorami were arrested on Wednesday on charges of murder that took place on March 18.
"The police had recently received an anonymous letter in which the couple had murdered their child Labiba and buried the body quietly in the graveyard. The police began investigation and detained the couple. Initially, the accused had Did not cooperate, but later explained how he did it. However, he did not reveal the motive behind the murder,” said Anil Shinde, senior inspector of Mumbra police station.
"The couple told the police that they killed their daughter on March 18, then buried the body in a local graveyard. The police took out the mutilated body. The autopsy report confirmed that the girl's head and There were injuries on other parts of the body," he added.
He said that a case has been registered with the police under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of crime) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Inspector (crime) S A Dawnay said the couple was produced before a magistrate on Wednesday and remanded to police custody till April 15.
