Woman teams up with sister, murders partner to ‘protect’ daughter: police

“About 2 months back, I suspected that Zakir had wrong intentions regarding my daughter. I decided to eliminate him because I sensed he might abuse my daughter. About 20 days ago, I called my sister, Kashish, to my place and told her everything. We then planned to kill Zakir and escape,” Kiran has told police, according to the statement.

Kiran said that on June 23, she called a cab using Zakir’s phone and asked the three children to get into the car. Once they left, the sisters hit Zakir on the head, and he became unconscious. Kiran and Kashish then allegedly choked Zakir to death with a gamcha (cotton towel) and hung the body from the ceiling fan, the police statement quotes her as saying. The sisters hit the stick on the terrace.

“We then started screaming and alerted neighbours. I also called Zakir’s brother, Sameer, and told him that he died by suicide. We took him to a hospital and told his family members there that he died by suicide,” Kiran has told cops. Police have recovered the stick and gamcha used in the crime and further investigation is on.