MUMBAI: A labourer has been booked for the alleged murder of his live-in partner at an under-construction building site in Santacruz (W). Police have been looking for the accused, Shahbuddin Gazi, after the body of his live-in partner, Mariam Bibi alias Sundari, was discovered by the site supervisor, Raj Mohammad Syed, on September 19.
According to Syed’s complaint, Mariam was living with Gazi for the past year and half in a tin shed on the first floor of the building site. Syed told police that Gazi used to often get drunk and thrash Mariam.
From September 10, Gazi stopped working at the site, and asked Syed to pay his dues. On September 18, Syed paid Gazi Rs 12,000 in wages. Gazi was drunk at the time. Later the same day, the watchman saw Gazi leave the building with a bag.
On September 19, when Gazi did not report to work, Syed went to the tin shed and found Mariam on the bed with injuries on her face and a pillow lying next to her. He alerted Santacruz police who took Mariam to a hospital where doctors pronounced her dead. tnn
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