UP man held for stabbing wife, mother-in-law

A 35-year-old auto driver from Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly stabbed his wife and mother-in-law at Nirmal Nagar in Bandra on January 18, was arrested from Bandra Reclamation on Wednesday.

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The accused, Sonu Mirhasan Qureshi, is a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

On January 18 around
11pm, he visited his mother-in-law’s residence at Nirmal Nagar to convince his wife, Shamim, who had left his home a year-and-a-half ago, to return.

As Shamim refused, the couple had a heated argument. He then allegedly took out a knife and stabbed her in the stomach and then slit her throat, said police.

Hearing her daughter’s screams, Shamim’s mother, Rahima Hussain, 62, who was asleep, woke up.

“When Rahima tried to intervene, Sonu stabbed her in her chest and jaw, and fled,” said an officer from Nirmal Nagar police station.

Hearing the cries of Shamim and Rahima, the neighbours rushed to their home and
took the duo to Bhabha Hospital, where they are recuperating and are said to be out of
danger.

“We recorded Shamim’s statement and registered a first information report (FIR) against her husband under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and began investigation,” said Sangram Pache, senior inspector, Nirmal Nagar police station.

“Based on his call data records, we arrested him from Bandra Reclamation,” said Pache.

Shamim told the police that Qureshi was addicted to alcohol, and assaulted her on several occasions in an inebriated
state.

She added that it was because of this that she had decided to leave her matrimonial home at Ghaziabad a year-and-a-half ago, and live with her mother in Bandra.