Mumbai: Kausar Banu, whose 16-year-old daughter was killed on Sunday evening, has demanded the death penalty for the accused, Sambaji More. “The only way my girl will get justice is if he is hanged. That is all I want right now. I have faith in the country’s legal system,” she said.
Sufiya Begam Sheikh from Indira Nagar slum in Khar (East) was allegedly stabbed to death by More on Sunday evening at Santa Cruz (East) bridge. More (21) was caught immediately by local residents while he was trying to flee the spot. Sufiya passed away a few hours after she was taken to hospital.
The family’s neighbour, Nisha Sheikh, claims she had never seen Sufiya and More interact. “Sufiya was a very friendly person, but she rarely spoke to him,” she said.
The victim’s father, Mohammad Shoeb, said he would rarely see More around. “He used to leave early in the morning for work and come back late at night,” he said.
“Investigations are under way. The youth claims the girl was his girlfriend, but we think that is not true. We think it is one-sided love affair,” said Senior Police Inspector Mahadev Wavale.
Sajid Ali Sheikh, a resident of Vakola Shivaji Nagar (the area where the murder took place), however, said she had seen them together at the same spot many times.
“They used to meet here every Sunday at the same time. It is not possible they were not friends. Last week, I saw the youth trying to push the girl off the bridge. I have also witnessed them quarrelling quite a lot of times,” she said.
