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AIMIM Leader Toufeeq Shaikh arrested for Killing Karnataka Congress Leader Reshma Pednekar


Mangalore Today News Network

Solapur, Jun 03, 2019 : In a major development, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Toufeeq Shaikh has been arrested by police on Monday on the charges of murdering Indian National Congress leader Reshma Pednekar on May 17. The AIMIM leader has been on a run after Padekanur’s body was found under the Korti-Kolhar bridge in Karnataka’s Vijayapura. Mumbai Congress Worker Manoj Dubey Hacked to Death in Ghatkopar Over Facebook Dispute, 3 BJP Workers Arrested, Yahoo reported.

 

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Following the discovery of Reshma ’s body on May 17, her husband had blamed Shaikh for being involved in the murder. During the police investigations, it was revealed that one of the last calls on the victim’s cell phone was to Shaikh. Kerala: CPI (M) Member Arrested in Murder Case of 2 Youth Congress Workers.

In a complaint, the victim’s husband claimed that AIMIM leader had murdered his wife after she asked him to repay a loan of Rs 13 lakhs that he borrowed from her two years ago. "Shaikh was furious about the police case and plotted her murder. He suggested discussing the matter at her house on the outskirts of the city on National Highway 50. He took her there in his Innova,” the victim’s husband claimed.

According to some reports, Reshma on April 17 had lodged a molestation complaint against the murder accused. Cops suspected that the complaint could have provoked Shaikh to murder the 35-year-old Congress leader.


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