A 33-year-old auto rickshaw driver was arrested here on Wednesday for allegedly killing a 17-year-old youth, his wife’s `muh-bola bhai’, and chopping up the body into five pieces.
Shafique Ahmed Sheikh, the accused, allegedly killed the youth because he often passed comments about Sheikh’s wife and her sister, police said.
The victim’s body was recovered from the kitchen of Sheikh’s two-room flat in MHADA locality in RCF area of suburban Chembur after the latter’s arrest, an official said.
According to the RCF police station official, Ishwar Awhad, the victim, knew the family of Sheikh’s wife for long. Sheikh’s wife and her sister treated Awhad like their brother though they were not related, he said.
Sheikh often took objection to Awhad making comments about his wife and the sister-in-law and was apparently infuriated as Awhad did not stop doing so, the official said.
On Monday, Sheikh allegedly took him to his flat and stabbed him to death and later chopped up the body.
After Awhad went missing, Sheikh’s father-in-law — who knew the boy for many years — approached police. Sheikh was interrogated as he had been last seen with the victim and confessed to the murder, the official said.
He was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder) and 201 (disappearance of evidence) and further investigation is underway, the official added.
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