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Mumbai deaf-mute murder: Victim’s wife deleted WhatsApp chats
Updated On: 17 August, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
Cops yet to establish the wife’s involvement who is now accused of digital destruction of evidence, say charge sheet will be filed soon
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Investigations into the murder of the deaf-mute man have revealed that his wife, Ruksana Shaikh, played a significant role in destroying critical evidence. According to police, Ruksana allegedly deleted WhatsApp chats and Instagram accounts belonging to both herself and the deceased, tampering with digital evidence crucial to the investigation into her husband, Arshad Shaikh’s, murder on August 4.
The case came to light on August 5 when the Dadar Government Railway Police (GRP) apprehended Jay Chawda with a red suitcase containing a dead body. Upon investigation, police discovered that the deceased, Arshad Ali Sadiq Ali Shaikh, 33, had been killed by his friends, Jay Pawan Chawda, 32, and Shivjeet Singh, 34, at a residence in Pydhonie. They allegedly murdered Shaikh using a hammer and broken beer bottles, then packed his body into a suitcase to abandon it on an express train at Dadar. However, their plan was stopped when railway police intercepted them.
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