Crime branch police have arrested Wasiulla Shaikh (23) who allegedly committed the crime over a dispute with the boy’s father. Tausif had gone missing on Thursday, at 8 pm. Later his body was found behind Madina Masjid in Wadala’s Sangam Nagar area on Friday.
The mystery behind the death of Tausif Mohammed Naushad Shaikh, 5, whose body was found in a nullah in Wadala on Friday murdered by his uncle officially said by Crime branch police.
A man informed the police control room on Friday from the locality who had spotted the body. The Wadala Truck Terminal police sent the body to Sion Hospital for a post-mortem.
Deceased father, Naushad Shaikh (35) who runs a small garment shop near his home in Aazad Mohalla, Sangam Nagar, Wadala TT. It was the boy’s family that insisted the case be investigated properly, as they were convinced that he did not fall into the nullah by accident. Police had registered an FIR against unknown person under section 363 (kidnapping) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. The doctors ascertained the cause of death as drowning. Four officials from the crime branch unit launched a parallel probe, following leads on a few CCTV cameras in the area and detained Shaikh.
During interrogation, he admitted to have killed Tausif. He told interrogators that his brother (Deceased father) used to treat him badly and made him work in the family’s garment workshop as a labourer. He also said that his brother would not give him money even after he got married and that because of this, the two would often fight.
In order to teach his brother a lesson, Shaikh decided to kill his nephew. “On Thursday, Shaikh took Tausif to an isolated place and strangled him. After he lost consciousness, Shaikh threw him in the nullah,” said an officer from crime branch. To evade investigation, Shaikh had even pretended to search for Tausif with his brother and the police.
Shaikh accused arrested on Saturday and he will be produced in court today.
