Updated On: 04 January, 2025 08:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
41-year-old from Kurla surrenders to cops after ‘stabbing mother for favouring her elder sister’

The police at the crime scene in Kurla. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
A 41-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her mother to death as she was upset that she loved her elder sister more. After committing the crime, she surrendered at the Chunabhatti police station.
At the police station, the accused was identified as Reshma Qazi. “She stabbed her mother, Shabira Banu Shaikh, on January 2 around 8.30 pm at their residence in Qureshi Nagar, Kurla. We recorded the statement of her elder sister, who mentioned that Qazi is mentally stable. We are investigating the primary motive behind the crime,” said Navnath Dhavle, DCP, Zone VI.