Mumbai: Man kills wife suspecting her character, held

A 44yearold man allegedly killed his wife in front of his three children in Madh Island on Tuesday night suspecting her of infidelityThe Malvani police have arrested the accused who was identified as Asif Shaikh The accused killed his 38yearold wife Naseem with a kitchen knife in front of their children at their residence in Jai Malhar Chawal Satarwadi in Madh IslandAccording to the police sources their 14yearold son called his uncle Waseem Khan and informed him about the quarrels between the duo at 1030 pm He again called and informed that his father stabbed his mother multiple times and fled away around 11 pmWaseem Khan rushed to the spot and alerted the police about the incidentThe Malvani police reached the spot and rushed Naseem to the Dr Babasaheb Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivali West where doctors checked and declared her dead said an officerAlso Read Mumbai BMC demolishes two lsquoillegal studiosrsquo at Madh IslandDuring the investigation it has been revealed that the duo got married 16 years back and had three children aged 14 11 and 8 Shaikh used to work as a painter but he did not have any work during the monsoon and used to stay at home most of the timeWaseem brother of Naseem told the police that Shaikh did not do any work He had sold all the ornaments for his own expenses and the deceased used to work as a housemaidLast night both of them had a fight His nephew Noor called Waseem and informed him that his father has stabbed his mother the officer addedBut according to what the accused told the police during interrogation the deceased woman was in a relationship with some other person The accused also saw her with the person many times and they often fought over itYesterday too there was a fight between the duo about the same thing after which he killed her with the intention of getting rid of her forever said another officerA case had been registered under Section 302 of IPC The accused was produced before the court today and was remanded to police custody the officer further addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever