Woman gets sister killed with live-in partner’s help over property dispute in Ghaziabad

The arrested woman believed that her sister was the reason for her husband deserting her.

Ghaziabad police on Sunday arrested four people for allegedly murdering a 38-year-old woman and burying the body in a vacant plot in Loni last August over a property dispute.

Police arrested four people for murdering a woman and burying her body in August, 2017 from Ghaziabad on Sunday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Those arrested were identified as Jaan Mohammad, a former pradhan of Pooja Colony, Irfan, Mursaleen, and 30-year-old Rekha, the younger sister of the deceased.

Police said Rekha had plotted the murder to kill her sister, Baby, with the help of her live-in partner Jaan Mohammad.

Baby, a resident of Johri Enclave in Loni, had visited the house of Jaan Mohammad in Pooja Colony on August 29, 2017, but did not return. The woman’s family believed that she had eloped with someone until her body was dug out from a plot belonging to Mohammad, the police said.

“Baby was murdered and the body buried by the accused eight months ago. Her husband had lodged an FIR for abduction and had named an acquaintance of the woman as a suspect. However, the involvement of the man was ruled out and the case was pending,” said superintendent of police (rural) AK Maurya.

The investigation in the last week led to the arrest of the four accused. Two other accused, Aaiya, Mohammad’s brother and Danish are absconding.

Baby and Rekha hailed from Khatta in Baghpat. While Baby was staying in Loni after her marriage, Rekha came to Loni around five years ago after she was deserted by her husband, to take up a job with Mohammad, a water supplier. The police said Rekha and Mohammad later got into a live-in relationship.

“Rekha wanted to sell her ancestral property at Khatta but Baby did not agree. Rekha asked Mohammed to get rid of her sister, and believed Baby was the reason for her husband deserting her. Nearly 20 days before her murder, Baby had sought help from Mohammad to get a ‘Tabeez’ for her son as he was not concentrating on his studies. Rekha thought it as an opportunity for her sister’s murder,” Maurya said.