Mumbai: Investigations into the murder of a 32-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter in Thane district are centred on finding out the reason behind the victim letting the prime suspect stay with her in spite of their past acrimony.
On Sunday morning, Nasiza Siddiqui (32) was found with her throat slit at her residence in Pimprigaon village, while her daughter Taniya (11) was strangled. A 22-year-old woman identified as Arshi, who had been staying with the family for the last few days, has been missing, and is a prime suspect.
The Shil Daighar police said Arshi was in a relationship with Nasiza’s brother around four years ago which led to disputes, and the relationship ended on a sour note, after which Arshi left the town.
“Arshi came back to Pimprigaon only a few days before the murder and none of Nasiza’s family members were happy about it. Arshi even tried to contact Nasiza’s brother, who is married, which led to arguments. But, Nasiza agreed to employ Arshi as a housemaid. Inquiries with Nasiza’s family have revealed that they did not approve of this. However, none of them have been able to tell us why Nasiza accommodated Arshi,” said an officer who is part of the investigating team.
The police have also found out that shortly after her return to Shil Daighar from her native Ajmer, Arshi, who has been married twice, started a relationship with a local youth, who is also missing.
Meanwhile, the police have recorded statements of several of Nasiza’s neighbours. All of them have said that they did not hear sounds of a commotion between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
“Circumstantial evidence indicates that Nasiza and Taniya might have been killed in their sleep, and did not get a chance to defend themselves or raise an alarm. We suspect that Nasiza was killed first,” the officer said.
