The dead body of a 20-year-old woman identified as Yashashri Shinde was found lying in a pool of blood on an isolated road near a petrol pump on 26th July in Kotnaka of Uran taluka in Navi Mumbai.
The accused has been identified as Dawood Sheikh. On 25th July Yashashri was reported missing by her father. According to the media reports, she worked at a private company as a data entry operator. On the 25th morning, Yashashri Shinde left home saying she was going to a friend’s house but never returned.
Police got a call on the night of 26th July that a woman was lying in a pool of blood on the road and stray dogs were nibbling on it. Police reached the spot to recover the dead body. Yashashri sustained three stab injuries on her waist and back, according to the media reports.
There were several injuries on her private parts. Her bones were broken and stab wounds were found on her stomach and back. Several injury marks were found on her chest as well. The face was smashed using a rock so that she could not be identified.
Senior inspector Rajendra Kote said, ‘While the victim girl’s parents have named a suspect, Dawood Shaikh, prima facie, we have registered a case of murder against an unidentified accused. The victim girl’s parents have alleged that Shaikh murdered their daughter as she had registered an FIR of molestation and Pocso against Shaikh in the year 2019, after which he was arrested by Uran police and sent to jail’.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone II) Vivek Pansare said, ‘The body had stab injuries and the face was disfigured as a result of dog attacks. Social media has been taking rounds with misinformation on many things about the case which is not the fact. We have prima facie information about the accused, and our team is working on it’.
The police called the family to identify the remains after recovering the body. The face of the victim was smashed and the family identified her based on the clothes and body. The dead body was shifted to the morgue. A case under Section 103 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered for murder. The police said in case of rape is proven in the post-mortem, further Sections will be added to the FIR.
Notably, in 2019, the victim’s father had registered an FIR against Dawood Sheikh for molesting her daughter. A case under Sections 354 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 8 and 12 of POCSO were registered as she was a minor. Dawood was arrested and sent to jail. After coming out of jail, he went to Karnataka. The family has alleged that Dawood was in contact with Yashshri.
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