Three held for murdering mother and her daughter

Mumbai: The Thane police arrested a domestic help and her two aides who allegedly killed a mother and her daughter last week in their apartment in Shil Daighar. The maid, her mother and boyfriend were arrested in Karnataka. The maid and her boyfriend had plotted the murders in a bid to rob the jewellery in the house.  

According to a police officer, the accused have been identified as Amina Kachwala (37), Arshia Shaikh (19), and Aliakbar Kachwala (28).

On last Friday, Arshia Shaikh, who was working as a maid in the victim’s house, along with her boyfriend and mother looted the victims and allegedly killed them.

On Sunday, two victims were found dead at their Thane residence. According to the police, while Nazia Siddiqui, a homemaker, was strangulated to death, her daughter Saniya was attacked with a sharp object and had suffered injury marks on the throat. The Shil Daighar police had registered a murder case and started the search for the maid who was spotted in CCTV footages of the building. Some residents had also seen her entering victims’ house with her boyfriend on the day of the murder.

Shil-Daighar police station’s senior police inspector, Sushil Jawale, said, “We got information about the accused, and immediately we formed three teams who then visited three different places in Bhopal and Karnataka. The accused were arrested from Karnataka and have confessed their crime. They had committed the murders for money. We are trying to find out how much jewellery was robbed.”

Siddiqui lived in the Eklavya building along with Saniya, who was studying in a school, and her elder son, who was not present at home when the duo was murdered. Siddiqui’s husband is working in Dubai.