Thane: Woman, three others held for killing husband who denied her divorce

A woman and three others have been arrested for allegedly killing her husband whose partially burnt body was found on a highway in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Friday reported news agency PTIThe Thane Rural police have booked Hasina Mehboob Shaikh her brother Fayaz Zakir Husain Shaikh 35 and two others who plotted and killed the victim after he denied her a divorce an official said reported PTIHe said that the partially burnt and decomposed body of the victim Tipanna a native of Siruguppa village in Karnatakas Bellary district was found near Shahapur on the MumbaiNashik Highway on November 25 reported PTIAccording to the police Tipanna and Hasina were estranged and lived separately due to some domestic disputes and she had demanded a divorce which he refused reported PTIThe primary motive appears to be the victims refusal to grant the accused a divorce leading her to plan his murder with the help of her relatives and friends said Inspector Mukesh Dhage of the Shahapur police stationActing on Hasinas instructions her brother who is an autorickshaw driver along with his accomplices took the victim for a ride on November 17 They drove him to a forested area near Shahapur where they allegedly killed him and attempted to burn the body before dumping it near the highway reported PTIThe police had registered a case under sections 1031 murder and 238 destruction of evidence and zeroed in on the accused following a probeDuring interrogation Fayaz confessed that the murder was carried out on his sister Hasinas directionsBungalow caretaker kills friend after argument during partyIn another case a man allegedly killed his 50yearold friend following a heated argument between them during their liquor party in Yeoor area of Maharashtras Thane city leading to the arrest of the former police said on Wednesday reported PTIThe incident took place on Tuesday night at a bungalow in Yeoor where accused Rajkumar Yadav 27 worked as a caretaker they said reported PTIYadav asked Bhanu Prasad Singh to visit the bungalow where they planned to consume alcohol Accordingly Singh came there and they started drinking at night Soon a heated argument broke out between them The situation escalated as both began hurling abuses at each other an official of Vartaknagar police station said reported PTIDuring the altercation Yadav allegedly picked up the handle of a mop used for cleaning the floor and struck Singh on the head Singh collapsed and died on the spot he said reported PTIFollowing a tipoff the police reached the spot and detained Yadav and later place him under arrest on the charge of murder His body was sent to a government hospital for a postmortemThe bungalow where Yadav worked was owned by a local businessman the police saidWith inputs from PTI