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Maharashtra: On Thursday, the police officials said that a couple was arrested for allegedly killing their 18-month-old daughter and secretly buried her at a graveyard in Thane city of Maharashtra. The couple were identified as 38-year-old Jahid Sheikh and his 28-year-old wife Noorami.
According to police, the girl was murdered by her parents on March 18 and the matter came to light after the authorities received an anonymous letter. Official said that a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) was registered with the police.
About this incident official said, “More than three weeks after a couple allegedly killed their 18-month-old daughter and secretly buried her. The police exhumed her body and arrested the husband-wife duo after an anonymous letter tipped them off about the crime.”
Anil Shinde, Senior inspector of the Mumbra police station said, “The police recently received an anonymous letter about the couple killing their child, Labiba, and quietly burying the body in the graveyard. The police launched a probe and detained the couple. Initially, the accused did not cooperate but later told how they committed the crime. However, they did not reveal the motive behind the killing.”
He added, “The couple told the police that they killed their daughter on March 18, after then buried the body in a local graveyard. The police then exhumed the decomposed body. The autopsy report confirmed that the child had suffered injuries on her head and other body parts.”
Inspector (crime) SA Dawne said that the police’s swift action was prompted by the anonymous letter, leading to the unraveling of this distressing case. After this incident, the couple was produced before a magistrate on Wednesday and remanded in police custody till April 15.
