Mumbai: Cops identify headless body of woman, arrest husband for killing her

After 13 months long investigation the Vasai Police cracked the case and managed to identify a headless dead body of a woman the police said The cops arrested deceaseds husband for allegedly killing her and dumping the body on the Bhuigaon beach in a suitcase in July 2021Police sources said the accused killed his wife on the day of the biggest day Bakri Eid at his house Police are yet to find the head of the womanVasai Police sources said during the Bakri Eid the family also brought a goat for slaughtering when he killed his wife in the houseAccording to the police the deceased woman was identified as Saniya Shaikh 25 and his husband as Asif Shaikh both were residing at the Achole village at NalasoparaOn July 26 2021 the Vasai Police found a headless dead body on the Bhuigaon creek in a suitcase Vasai police registered the murder case and searched the woman identity in many resorts lodge and also in Vapi and Daman area but they didnrsquot find any clue the police saidHowever a month later on August 26 last year Saniyas relative Kamrusina Mohammad Ali from Belgaum in Karnataka approached the Vasai Police and registered a missing complaint after the entire family went missing On suspicion Vasai Police checked all the unclaimed dead bodies and informed the Kamrusinas family about the investigations Police had also conducted their DNA test and their blood matched with one of the dead bodyAlso Read Engineer 4 others held for cheating ecommerce firms with SIMAadhaar fraudSpeaking with midday Saniyarsquos uncle Zahoor Mokashi said ldquoSaniyas parents died when she was around 3yearsold and one of his uncle took care of her upbringing at Belgaum in Karnataka She had property in her village 2 houses and a mango farm In 2017 Saniyas uncle got her married with Asif Shaikh the couple also has a daughter Maria But after the marriage the Shaikh family allegedly demanded money and her property from her relatives They were allegedly harassing herrdquoHe said we spoke to Saniya in the first week of July last year but after this her husband did not allow her to talk to us We also came to Mumbai to meet her but he did not allow her to meet us However a few months back when we came again to Mumbai to meet her and visited her home we found that the Shaikh family had sold out their 2 BHK flat and they had shifted somewhere in Chembur We also searched for them in Chembur but did not find them They gave false information about their relocation to their neighbors tooldquoOn August 26 our relative Kamrusina reached out to the Chembur Police and registered a missing complaint Chembur Police told us to approach the Vasai Police as the jurisdiction fell under them We rushed to Vasai Police and registered a complaint The police told us that they found a dead body in July 2021 and when we checked the dead body we found that the clothes and her body are similar to Saniyas body Police also asked us to do a DNA test and we did that Finally our DNA matched with the Saniya and her body was identifiedrdquo Zahoor further addedSenior Inspector Kalyan Karpe of Vasai police station said ldquoIn DNA report we confirmed that it was Saniyas dead body and we nabbed her husband Asif Shaikh We found out that he killed his wife for some reason and duped her dead body on the beach We cracked the case with the help of a DNA test We havent found the head of the Saniya yet We are searching the head of the deceased and took the accused into custody We are also in search of the weapons which used in this murderrdquoHow was Saniya killedA police source said ldquoAsif killed his wife on the occasion of the Bakra Eid in July 2021 Asif also brought a goat for slaughtering at home and while he killed his wife at home only He also cut the neck and removed head and dumped it somewhere else to not identify the dead body Later he packed the dead body into a trolley bag and brought the bag in a Tourist vehicle of his soninlaw at the beach and threw the dead body into the seardquo