Ghaziabad: A 24-year-old man who allegedly strangled his sister-in-law and her infant daughter in their house in Bamheta village on Monday was upset after his dream to work in Dubai was cut short when his brother refused to lend him Rs 25,000, allegedly on the insistence of his wife, to get a flight ticket. Mohamad Zeeshan was arrested early on Tuesday, barely hours after he sneaked back into the house, this time, to attack his brother to extract a "final revenge".
DCP (rural) Surendra Nath Tiwari said the accused was hoping to start a job as a welder in Dubai and had paid an agent, Sanjar, Rs 1.30 lakh — an amount he had saved up from his job in Pune — for a passport, visa and ticket. While the agent had given him a passport, Zeeshan was to get the ticket and visa from the agent's Noida office and take a flight on Nov 9, the officer said.
Once in NCR, Zeeshan went to stay with his brother in Ghaziabad. When he went to get his documents from the agent's Noida office, he was told that the flight was cancelled and was asked to pay up more money.
"Zeeshan asked his brother Mohamad Burhaan to lend him Rs 25,000 after reaching the latter's house in Ghaziabad on Nov 7. Burhaan initially agreed to help but apparently went back on his words after his wife, Shaheen Parveen, refused to give him the money. Zeeshan blamed his brother and sister-in-law for missing out on his dream job," the DCP said.
Zeeshan, police said, also nursed a grudge against his sister-in-law as her cousin, Afroz, had insulted him over some argument barely two months ago. It was Afroz who had later introduced Zeeshan to Sanjar.
Police believe that Zeeshan blamed the trio, along with his brother, when his plan to get to Dubai did not work out and he lost his savings.
"On Monday, when Burhaan left for work and his two sons, Ayan and Anam, went to school, Zeeshan strangled his Parveen with a scarf around 10.15 am. He then turned to his three-year-old niece and tried to grab hold of her, but the child managed to escape. He then strangled the three-month-old infant, lying on a cot, with his bare hands. After killing the two, Zeeshan stuffed his clothes in a bag and fled," the DCP said.
During interrogation, the accused told cops that he went straight to the travel agency's office in Noida. "We found that he misbehaved with the employees there and snatched the receptionist's mobile and fled. Zeeshan used this phone number to make multiple calls to Burhaan. He allegedly threatened his brother, saying he wouldn't spare him either. Zeeshan claimed he returned to his brother's home later that night as he wanted to "teach him a lesson" too, but didn't find Burhan as he had left for the burial ground," he said.
Zeeshan was arrested for murder (BNS Section 103) early on Tuesday from the Lal Kuan area by a team of cops from Wave City PS and sent to judicial custody after being produced in a court.