Landlord to be tried 9 months after death of senior citizen in Thane

THANE: Nine months after a 75-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Thane district, the police have registered a case of murder and destruction of evidence against her landlord, the latter's wife and son, an official said on Sunday. Deceased Waheedabi Noormohammad Shaikh, was a widow and lived alone in the house in Kalyan town since 1990. Her landlord had been forcing her to vacate the house as he wanted to develop the property.
The woman, however, had refused to vacate the house, the official from Bazarpeth police station said, quoting a complaint filed by a relative of the deceased. The complainant also claimed the victim, who was his aunt, had on several occasions complained to him about the landlord troubling her, the official said. On May 13, 2022, when the complainant visited his aunt's house she was fine. However, a few days later he received a message that she died in the house on May 16.