Mumbai: Man kills wife’s step-brother over suspected affair

A 28yearold autorickshaw driver has been arrested by the RCF police for killing a 17yearold and chopping his body into pieces as he suspected the teenager of having an affair with his wifeAccording to the police the deceased Ishwar Marwadi was adopted by the alleged killer Shafiq Shaikhs inlaws when he was six years old He grew up with Shaikhs wife Sana 28 and was treated like familyThe incident took place on Monday when Shaikh called Marwadi to his house to have a word with him The two began to argue after Shaikh accused him of having an affair with Sana and one of her younger sisters Following a heated argument Shaikh attacked Marwadi with a sickle and killed himAccording to the police Shaikh then started chopping up the body in order to dispose of it ldquoSana was at her parentsrsquo house which is close by and informed Shaikh that she was heading home but he asked her to stay there and even offered to send clothes for her and their 14monthold child When Sana landed up at her house Shaikh refused to let her enter the kitchen where he had started cutting up the bodyrdquo said an officer from RCF police stationThe police said there was a drastic change in Shaikhrsquos behaviour which led Sanarsquos family to suspect something is amiss ldquoWhenever they inquired with him about Marwadi since he was the last person to be seen with him Shaikh gave evasive answers Sanarsquos parents started keeping a close watch on Shaikh and confronted him about Marwadirsquos disappearance after which he confessed to the murder and was brought to the police stationrdquo the officer addedDuring interrogation Shaikh told the police that he had kept the body in his bathroom and was planning to get rid of it by cutting it into pieces The police team rushed to the spot and recovered six to seven body parts from Shaikhrsquos house They found that both the arms were separated from the torso and the head was completely smashed while the legs were attached to the lower part of the body chopped below the hip The body parts were handed over to a forensic team for further investigationsAccording to Sana Shaikh was otherwise a very loving person but he had issues with Marwadi ldquoMy father brought Ishwar home when I was just 12 and I have been tying him a rakhi since then He was just like a friend Never in my wildest dreams did I think my husband suspected me for our relationship This is disgustinghellip I donrsquot even want to see my husbandrsquos face nowrdquoReshma Putran foster mother of Marwadi said ldquoIshwar was abandoned by his father when he was just 6 My husband and I brought him up as our own son When my daughter married Shaikh I even considered him a son and helped him get a rented room in our locality by mortgaging my jewellery But that devil chopped my son into pieces Today I lost two sonsrdquoldquoWe have booked Shafiq for the murder He confessed We have also learnt that he was jailed for murder in Uran in 2013rdquo said Shashikant Karpe senior inspector RCF police station