Murderer of German archaeologist escapes with family

So the police initiated investigation into the case. It came to light that Shaikh has escaped along with his family members including his mother Sairabi (68),wife Humera (24) and four-year-old daughter Atifa. Police said that family was residing at 416,New Mangalwar Peth. Shaikhs’s mother has remained witness for his parole. But even she has gone missing. A complaint against them has been lodged at the Samartha police station. Police launched search for the Shaikh family. Police have appealed any citizens knowing about the whereabouts of Shaikh should contact the Samartha police station at 26135491 or police control room at 26126296.

Sessions court judge B D Kapadnis had sentenced Shaikh to life imprisonment in January this year for murdering Corvinus at her residence in Koregaon Park on January 1 to gain control of her properties – two apartments at Liberty society in Koregaon Park,costing about Rs one crore.

On January 1,2006,Shaikh visited Corvinus at her residence. He slit her throat using a kitchen knife.

He then decapitated her,put her head in a handbag and threw it in the Mula-Mutha River under the Mundhwa-Kharadi Bridge. His plan was to cut her body into small pieces and thus get rid of the evidence. But before he could do that,police arrested Shaikh on January 8.