Thane: The Mumbra police have arrested a nurse and her brother for allegedly beating a civil engineer to death with PVC pipes, stuffing the body in a drum, and dumping it in a secluded nullah in Vasai. The murder occurred after their extortion bid went wrong, police said.
Victim and Accused
The victim has been identified as Arbaz Khan, a resident of Mumbra who worked as a civil engineer at a private firm in Dombivli. The nurse, Mehjabin Sheikh, was reportedly in a relationship with Khan for the past three to four years. She is married, and her husband Hassan Sheikh, along with an associate Mujazzam Talib Khan, are currently on the run.
Mehjabin and her brother Tariq Ikram Sheikh were arrested on May 7. Senior Inspector Anil Shinde of Mumbra police station confirmed the arrests and said the two have been remanded in police custody until May 14.
Sequence of Events
On April 3, Arbaz went to Dadar to collect payment related to his work. When he did not return home, his father filed a missing person complaint at the Mumbra police station. During the investigation, police analyzed Arbaz's call detail records and traced his last location to Vasai. The probe revealed that Mehjabin was in the same area on the day of his disappearance.
Preliminary investigations pointed to a financial dispute between the two. Police suspect that Mehjabin had given Arbaz money and was demanding its return. When the dispute escalated, she, along with her brother, husband, and associate, allegedly hatched a plan to extort money from Arbaz. They lured him to Vasai on the pretext of settling the matter.
The Murder and Dumping of the Body
According to a police officer, the accused tied Arbaz's hands and legs and assaulted him with PVC pipes, leading to his death. The body was then stuffed into a green drum and dumped in a secluded nullah under the Valiv police station limits.
Based on disclosures by the arrested accused, police recovered the body and registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Search for Absconding Accused
Police said efforts are underway to trace Hassan and Mujazzam, who are suspected to be hiding in a northern state. The investigation is ongoing.
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