Overview

• On May 26, neighbors alerted Antop Hill police to bloodstains outside a Bengali Pura home, leading to discovery of 36-year-old Ismail Shaikh’s body.
• Authorities allege 26-year-old Sumaya Shaikh held her husband down while 30-year-old Jabbar Shaikh stabbed him multiple times in the neck before she delivered further wounds with a kitchen knife.
• Investigators found evidence of two months of domestic disputes triggered by Sumaya’s extramarital affair with her lover, a jewelry polisher in Zaveri Bazaar.
• The murder weapon has been seized as evidence and both suspects have been placed in police custody under charges of murder.
• The case follows similar domestic homicides recently reported in Maharashtra and Gujarat and underscores growing concerns over crimes of passion.