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Woman’s anklets give clue; accused held from Kerala
KALYAN : A murdered woman’s anklets helped the Kalyan crime branch cops to nail the accused and arrest him from Kerala, five months after he committed the crime.
Mansur Shaikh, 42, was arrested on October 12 and has been remanded in police custody for seven days.
As per the Kalyan crime branch unit 3, on May 29, ShabeenaShaikh,50,wasfounddead with her throat slit. Her body was found between Kopar-Vasai railway track near Ayregaon Dombivli (East).
Although the Dombivli police wasinvestigatingthecase, crime branch unit 3 initiated a parallel investigation. The team found a pair of anklets on the woman’s leg. The anklets had the name of the jewellers written in Tamil.
An online search was done to find the jeweller’s shop details. A police team left for Tiruvannamalai town in Tamil Nadu.
The team found the jewellery shop and questioned the owner. The police learnt that most of the customerswhopurchasedjewellery from the shop were Muslims. “This gave us some lead thatthemurderedwomanmight be a Muslim and from Tiruvannamalai,” said senior police inspector of crime branch unit 3 Sanju John.
The team checked all police stations in the town but did not find any clue. They then visited nearby cities and they prepared a list of villages.
The woman’s photos, clothes and anklet were shown to villagers. When the police visited Radhapuram village, they found the woman’scousinKhaleelShaikh. He said that she lived in Dana Bandar, Mumbai, and went missing on May 16.
The police contacted the woman’s brother Sultan Shaikh, and sent him the photo and she was identified. Through her mobile number location, it was found that she was in Kopar on May 14 and May 16. Later, her phone was switched off. The police learnt that Mansur Shaikh was also with her and his phone was also off.
“The two were in a relationship. The accused has his wife
› The two [accused and victim] were in a relationship. The accused has his wife and children in West Bengal. The woman kept insisting that he live with her in Diva. SANJU JOHN, senior inspector of crime branch unit 3
andchildreninWestBengal.The womankeptinsistingthathelive with her in Diva,” added John.
The man fled to West Bengal and was living there with fake identity. Later, the police found that he was in Paipad, Kottayam district of Kerala state and arrested him.