Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Couple Tortures Adopted Girl, Beats Her To Death After Branding Her with Hot Rod And Breaking Her Limbs
The incident occurred in Mogalpura area in Sillod city on Wednesday afternoon. The police have arrested the cruel couple identified as Fauzia Faheem Shaikh (27, Mogalpura, Sillod) and Shaikh Faheem (35). The deceased girl has been identified as Aayat Faheem Shaikh (4).
A couple purchased a four-year-old girl for Rs 5,000 as they had four sons. However, they killed the girl by severely beating her, breaking her limbs and branding her with hot rod.
The incident occurred in Mogalpura area in Sillod city on Wednesday afternoon. The police have arrested the cruel couple identified as Fauzia Faheem Shaikh (27, Mogalpura, Sillod) and Shaikh Faheem (35). The deceased girl has been identified as Aayat Faheem Shaikh (4).
Faheem and Fauzia are native of Ajanta and were presently living in Mogalpura in Sillod city. They had four sons and wanted a daughter. Hence, they purchased Aayat for Rs 5,000 from Shaikh Naseem Abdul Qayyum, a resident of Jalna around six months back. The transaction was noted on an affidavit. Faheem is a labourer and he came to Mogalpura with his family around fifteen days back. However, Fauzia did not like the adoption of Aayat and she used to quarrel with Faheem over it frequently.
Tip off by unidentified person
After they came to Sillod, the couple started torturing Aayat. They used to beat her severely and also branded her with a hot rod. On Wednesday, they beat her so severely that her hands and legs were broken.
The kid was taken to the sub-district hospital around 3 am on Wednesday, but doctors declared her dead.
Aayat was severely injured and breathed her last at around 3 am on Thursday. She was buried in the graveyard in Sillod at around 5 pm. The police have arrested the accused couple and the further investigation is on.
However, someone from their locality tipped the police that the child did not die of any natural causes, like an illness or some health condition, the official said.
Police moved swiftly and stopped Fauzia and Faheem from burying Aayat's body, which was sent for post-mortem.
"Autopsy pointed to multiple injuries on Aayat's body. Fauzia told the police that she would beat up the child. While we have booked the couple for murder, we are also trying to ascertain if they adopted the child legally," said the official from the Sillod police station.
After the completion of all formalities, the child was buried on Thursday evening. "The parents will be presented in court today (Friday)," the official added.