A court in Maharashtra`s Thane district sentenced a 42-year-old man accused of stabbing his neighbour to death over a dispute in 2016 to imprisonment for life. The court also acquitted his parents, citing a lack of evidence to establish their role in the crime.
As reported by news agency PTI, additional sessions judge D S Deshmukh on Friday found Mohammed Asgar alias Samar Dilshad Husen Sayyed, guilty of the charges under section 302 (murder) and 504 (intentional insult) of the Indian Penal Code.
The court had earlier sentenced him to imprisonment for life and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000. Moreover, the court also acquitted Asgar`s father, Dilshad Husen Shahanshah Sayyed, and mother, Efsari Dilshad Husen Sayyed.
Additional public prosecutor V G Kadu stated that the incident in the Kausa area of Mumbra on May 21, 2016, occurred when the victim, Ahmad Raja Shaikh, confronted Asgar for allegedly harassing and “peeping” into his house to look at his sister.
A scuffle ensued, and the accused rushed into his house to retrieve a knife and stabbed Ahmad multiple times in front of several witnesses. The victim succumbed to his injuries three days later at Sion Hospital.
Judge Deshmukh noted that prosecution witnesses had made “improvements” in their statements by saying that the accused`s parents caught hold of the victim`s hands and allowed their son to commit murder.
This created doubt about their involvement in the murder, he held, while acquitting the parents.
Thane EOW books company and its directors for duping investors
The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Thane Police in Maharashtra has registered a case against a company and its directors for allegedly duping investors and has launched a high-level probe into the matter, officials said, reported the PTI.
According to the police, the alleged fraud exceeds Rs 4.31 crore. The company and its directors reportedly deceived investors through multiple financial schemes. The suspected scam is believed to have taken place over several years, the news agency reported.
Investment scam
The officials said that the accused lured investors between 2017 and 2022 by promoting schemes that promised unusually high returns. After collecting substantial sums for investors, they allegedly failed to repay both the assured profits and the original invested amounts upon maturity, as per the PTI.
One complainant has reported a personal loss of Rs 24.82 lakh.
The officials estimate that the total fraud amount, involving multiple investors, stands at approximately Rs 4.31 crore.
