Last Updated on 30/07/2024 by Ankita Jain
Two days after the body of a 20-year-old girl was found near Uran railway station in Navi Mumbai, the police have arrested the accused from Karnataka. The accused has been identified as Dawood Sheikh. Based on the complaint of the deceased girl’s father, the police had registered a case against the accused.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Deepak Sakore said that the accused Dawood Sheikh has been arrested from Shahpur area of Gulbarga in the neighboring state of Karnataka. The victim and the accused were already in touch with each other. They met on the day of the murder. During this time there was a fight between the two.
He said that the exact motive behind the crime is not yet known. The accused will be questioned in police custody. The girl’s body was found on Saturday at around 2 am. Earlier, her parents had lodged a missing person report on July 25.
After the girl’s body was found, the police registered a case under Section 103 of the Indian Penal Code (BNS). After this, a police team was formed to search for the accused. Police investigation revealed that the victim used to work in Belapur. She had taken half day leave from the office.
The police had initially detained several suspects. The information received after interrogating them led the police to the accused. He had killed the victim by stabbing her with a knife. This has been confirmed by the post-mortem report. The accused has made many revelations during the initial interrogation.
The accused said that after committing the crime, he stayed in Uran for some time. But after the victim’s father filed a case against him, he went to Karnataka. He used to work as a driver. He had come in contact with the victim earlier. The accused has confessed his crime.
The police officer said that the mobile phone of the deceased girl has not been recovered yet. Efforts are being made to trace it. Efforts are being made to bring the accused from Karnataka to Mumbai on transit remand, so that he can be interrogated further and a charge sheet can be filed in the case.