Rupali had married Iqbal Sheikh three years in the past.

Mumbai:

A taxi driver, 36, allegedly stabbed his estranged spouse, 20, to dying in Mumbai final night time after an argument over their son’s custody and an ongoing dispute over her refusal to comply with orthodox Muslim customs, police stated at present.

The Hindu lady, Rupali, had married Iqbal Sheikh, a Muslim, in 2019. She modified her title to Zara. That they had a son in 2020. “Her household instructed us she was dwelling individually, with their son, for the previous few months as a result of Iqbal Sheikh’s household used to strain her to put on the burqa. We’re investigating,” stated Vilas Rathod, space police in-charge.

On September 26, he had referred to as her to satisfy and talk about her divorce demand, her household instructed the cops. “They met round 10pm, and received into an argument over the kid’s custody. He dragged her into an alley and stabbed her a number of occasions with a knife. She died on the spot,” stated the police officer.

Accused Iqbal Sheikh in custody of Tilak Nagar police in Mumbai.

A case below part 302 (homicide) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered, he added.