In a shocking development, a 36-year-old man stabbed his wife to death after she refused to follow Islamic tenets or wear burqa at Tilak Nagar in north-central Mumbai.
Three years ago, accused Iqbal Shaikh fell in love with and married Rupali Chandanshive — who was a Hindu woman prior to her marriage, converted herself to Islam after her marriage with the accused and became Zara — and were living together with their two-year-old son Ali.
However, their marriage ran into trouble after Shaikh and Zara began to quarrel over her refusal to wear burqa. This led to their separation a few months ago with Zara going back to her parents with her son Ali. A few weeks ago, Zara moved toa rental accommodation at the neighbouring Chembur locality.
Late on Monday evening Zara’s parents learnt that she had been attacked. Her parents rushed to her new rental residence where they found Zara in a pool of blood with several stab wounds on her neck and hands. They rushed her to the state-run Rajawadi Hospital at Ghatkopar in north-east Mumbai, where she succumbed to stab injuries.
Eyewitness accounts revealed that Shaikh had assaulted Zarar fatally and fled the scene of crime.
The Tilak Nagar Police have arrested Shaikh and booked himfor alleged murder of Zara.
