A girl in Kurla, Mumbai, allegedly stabbed her 65-year-old mom to loss of life at her residence on Thursday night for “loving her elder sister extra”, the police mentioned.
The lady, recognized as Reshma Muzaffar Qazi, 41, reportedly known as up her sibling after the crime and surrendered earlier than the police later within the day.
The police mentioned that Reshma believed that her mom Sabira Bano Azgar Sheikh all the time confirmed favouritism to her elder daughter, Zainabi, and on Thursday she picked up an argument along with her mom over the difficulty when the aged lady visited Reshma’s residence in Qureshi Nagar space of Kurla (east).
Sabira Bano Azgar Sheikh has a son Akhtar and three daughters, of which Reshma is the youngest, the police mentioned.
In accordance with the police, the argument took an unpleasant flip when Reshma took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Sabira to loss of life. Round 8 pm, Reshma known as up her brother Akhtar who in flip knowledgeable one other sister Zainabi, 42, residing near Reshma’s home. Zainabi noticed her mom mendacity in a pool of blood on reaching Reshma’s residence and knowledgeable the police.
In her assertion to the police, Zainabi mentioned that since she paid for the medicines of her mom, Sabira stayed along with her more often than not, resulting in a combat between the 2 sisters previously. Reshma had additionally filed a police criticism towards Zainabi over one such combat in 2021, the police mentioned.
Sabira’s physique was taken to Rajawadi hospital the place she was declared lifeless. Within the meantime, Reshma surrendered herself at Chunabhatti police station.
The police have registered a homicide case and positioned Reshma beneath arrest.
Zainabi advised the police that whereas at Reshma’s home, Sabira would converse excessive of Zainabi, one thing that didn’t go down nicely with the youngest sibling, typically resulting in verbal duels.
Sabira’s eldest daughter resides in Pune, the police mentioned.
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