Mahim Chowpatty murder: Killer woman harms self to confuse cops

Mahim police cracked a twisted murder mystery within hours after registering an assault complaintAfter receiving information about an assault on a woman the officers visited Bhabha Hospital in Bandra The victim Hina Sheikh claimed she was assaulted near Mahim Chowpatty However upon visiting the alleged spot which was underwater due to high tide cops grew suspiciousCops are yet to find the exact motive behind the womanrsquos involvement in the crimeWithin a few hours cops found her involvement in a murder case and that she was trying to derail the investigation Police officers said the injuries on her body were superficial and indicated that they were selfinflictedWoman tries to confuse copsAt midnight on Tuesday Sheikh 20 visited Mahim Dargah with her friend Wasim Choudhary Around 230 am she was rushed to Bhabha Hospital Bandra with injuries on her right neck Cops were informed by hospital authoritiesldquoWhen we reached the hospital the woman was getting stitches done We spoke to the taxi driver who brought her to the hospital He showed us the spot on Lady Jamshedji Road where he saw the woman who was bleeding from her neck We marked the spot and interrogated the girl We then took her to Mahim Chowpatty where she claimed she was sitting at the time of the incidentrdquo an officer saidOn reaching the tetrapods of Chowpatty the woman tried to confuse the cops about the exact spot of crime It was only after approaching one tetrapod she told the cops that her friend was stabbed to death at the spot as wellWhen enquired why she had not mentioned about it earlier she gave names of two persons who stabbed the man and said that she was scared hence did not about the murder earlierThe officers searched the area and found a dead body They also recovered two railway tickets from his pocket and established the railway station and timeTeams were formed to check CCTV footage of railway stations and the movement of the woman in MahimldquoAs a routine cops checked the Chowpatty area On the same night our men had visited the spot and found water rising due to high tide Hence it was clear that the couple did not sit at the spot mentioned by the womanrdquo another police officer saidThe probe beginsA team was sent to Govandi and two persons were suspected to be involved in the murder When their pictures were shown to her she refused to identify them making the police suspiciousA team checking CCTV footage found Hina and Wasim walking towards Govandi railway station ticket counter and two more persons talking to them Same persons followed them at Mahim station and roads leading to the dargahThe two suspected people had bags They later boarded a train going to Nagpur A team was sent to Nagpur and Kamruddin Khan 26 and Balkishan Gupta 26 were nabbedWomanrsquos hand in murderAccording to the probe deceased Wasim had come across a video of Khan with another man in a compromising situation Wasim blackmailed him for money for three months and had received Rs 2000 to Rs 3000 on two occasions On Tuesday night Khan along with his friend Gupta accompanied Wasim to Mahim The duo then stabbed him to death with the help of Hina ShiekhSheikh is recuperating in the ICU of Sion Hospital She had reportedly tied a knot with Wasim recently However they had frequent arguments Cops are yet to find the exact motive behind her involvement