Teen spoke to dad minutes before boyfriend killed her

Three days after the body of a 19year-old collegian, Sonam Shukla, was found tied with an internet cable wire inside a gunny bag, the probe by Versova Police has revealed that she was killed 30 minutes after she told her father that she was at her friend's house and would soon return home. The arrested accused, Mohammad Ansari, 23, also confessed to the police that a verbal spat between the duo was a trigger for the murder.

The teenager, who was preparing her medical entrance exam after passing her junior college, allegedly had an affair with Ansari, and was at his Goregaon (W) home, where he strangled her to death.

Ansari said in his statement, he purchased the gunny bag from Prem Nagar area after strangling the teen and later stashing her body in it. He then took the gunny bag on a two-wheeler, to dump it in Malad creek. According to the police, Ansari, who was pursuing Company Secretary course and also looked after his father’s bakery, was produced before the Bandra Holiday Court on Sunday and remanded to police custody till May 4. He told the police that Shukla had visited him when he was alone at his home on April 25, but a argument ensued between the duo, wherein he killed her.

The victim’s father Shrikant Shukla said that he wants a harsh punishment for Ansari as his

daughter was a bright child and innocent. He said that the family is devastated after the incident and had never anticipated this would happen. Sonam, who had scored 84 per cent in SSC, was preparing for MBBS with the help of an NGO, which was financially aiding her.

The Versova police, meanwhile, are trying to recover the mobile phone that Ansari threw away after killing Shukla and will soon seize the two wheeler used in the crime.