HYDERABAD: Five persons have been arrested for their alleged role in the murder of Manjula Kanodia at Lokayukta Colony in Saidabad on April 12.
They committed the murder after Manjula’s husband failed to return the money he had borrowed from them.
Saidabad police arrested Mohammed Imran, 28, a petty businessman from Tappachabutra, Basheeruddin Qureshi, 25, a butcher from Karwan, Syed Arshad, 21, a sofa maker from Asifnagar, Syed Irfan, 22, a car driver from Jhirra, and Mirza Wasim Baig, 25, a salesman from Karwan. Manjula’s husband Parimal Kanodia used to run a medical shop in partnership with others.
According to Saidabad police, Parimal had taken loans from many people and invested in the business. Imran’s mother Mehraj Begum, on the advice of her relative Khaiser, had invested Rs 11 lakh in Parimal’s business after he showed them two medical stores at Koti and Abids, saying that he had partnership in them, Saidabad inspector K Srinivas said.
Mehraj withdrew money from a chit fund and also mortgaged gold to give money to Parimal and the latter gave post-dated cheques and promissory notes in the name of Khaiser and he also gave some blank cheques to Mehraj Begum as collateral. After borrowing the money in 2019, Parimal paid Rs 20,000 every month to Mehraj Begum for a few months. After the lockdown, he stopped payment, police said.
Mehraj asked Manjula about the whereabouts of Parimal and the latter said she did not know. Mehraj’s son Imran suspected that Manjula knew about the whereabouts of her husband. On April 12, Imran along with his four friends went to Manjula’s flat and asked her to call Parimal. Manjula told them that she was unaware of Parimal’s whereabouts and even claimed that she divorced Parimal. As she started admonishing the five for coming to her house in the night, Imran pulled out a knife and stabbed her to death, the inspector said.