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Maharashtra Woman, Husband and Accomplices Kill Lover, Stow Body in Drum and Dump in Drain
A woman in Mumbra, Thane, with her husband and brother killed her lover, then stuffed the body in a green drum and dumped it in a drain. Investigators traced the suspect through call records and located the lovers’ phones in Vasai, leading to arrests; the incident echoes a prior Meerut drum murder and is linked to a separate February 2025 case.
Why It Matters
Raises concerns about intimate-partner crime, conspiracy, and how investigators use digital traces to solve hidden homicide cases; highlights pattern-based crime narratives in India.
Timeline
4 Events
April 3, 2026: Mehjabeen and Tariq Sheikh arrested; Hasan and accomplice at large
April 3, 2026
Police arrest Mehjabeen Sheikh and her brother Tariq Sheikh. Mehjabeen's husband Hasan and an accomplice are on the run. Tariq Sheikh is reported to have other cases registered against him. A case is registered for murder and criminal conspiracy, with further investigation underway.
April 3, 2026: Mehjabeen Sheikh detained; murder carried out; body placed in green drum
April 3, 2026
Mehjabeen Sheikh is taken into custody for interrogation after investigators suspect extortion as a motive. The article states that when they could not obtain money, Mehjabeen and her accomplices tied Khan's hands, beat him with a plastic pipe, and killed him. They stuffed the body into a green drum and dumped it in a drain in the Mumbra area.
April 3, 2026: Khan leaves home and goes missing; missing-person probe begins
April 3, 2026
Arbaz Maqsood Ali Khan leaves home for work in Dadar and does not return. His father files a missing person complaint at Mumbra Police. Investigators examine Khan's call records and location data; Khan's last known location is Vasai, where Mehjabeen Sheikh's phone is also located.
February 2025: Meerut blue drum murder referenced in article
February 2025
The article cites a prior Meerut case where Muskaan Rastogi, with her lover and partner's friend Sahil, killed her husband Saurabh Rajput. They murdered him in his sleep after she reportedly administered sleeping pills on March 4, chopped the body, packed 15 pieces into a drum, and sealed it with wet cement; the plan was to dispose of the body later.