Pregnant Woman Murdered in Ghatkopar
In a gruesome case of honour killing, a father brutally slit his daughter’s throat and dumped her body on the road in Mumbai.
On 14th July 2019 Sunday, near a rickshaw stand a few rickshaw drivers found the body for a pregnant woman. This was on LBS road in Ghatkopar. The woman’s throat had been slit. Locals in the area were extremely panicked and worried. The drivers immediately informed the police. The police reached the spot and started asking if anyone knew who the woman was. The police found that the woman was Minakshi Chaurasia. Her husband was Brijesh Chaurasia. They stayed in Narayan Nagar close to the crime scene. Her husband told the police that she left the house on Saturday night and had said that she was going to meet the doctor. He didn’t realise she had not returned home and went to sleep. In the morning he saw that his wife had not returned home.
When he woke up in the morning, he heard that a woman who looked like his wife had been found dead. This is why he rushed to the police. He said that, they got married only seven months back. His wife’s family was not happy with the marriage, so they ran away and got married. Soon after the marriage she got pregnant. Police have sent the body to Rajwadi Hospital for a post mortem. The police have filed a case of murder against the unknown killer. They are currently carrying out an investigation and have spoken to the woman’s father as well. When they questioned the husband they found out that she had gone to meet her father named Raj Kumar Chaurasia who stays in Matunga. He even told them that her father was not happy about their marriage.
The police then questioned Raj. Raj her father at first said that he did not meet her. However the police used his mobile to track his location and found that he had met her. After continuous questioning he confessed the truth. He said that Minakshi he was not happy with his daughter for marrying a boy from the same village. In their village they have a tradition that no one marries within the village. However they ran away and got married. His daughter wanted to come visit the village after her marriage as she was pregnant as well. He was very ashamed about her and feared the villagers as well. He did not want to face the humiliation so he decided to kill her. Raj met his daughter at 8 pm near her house and stabbed her many times in the neck and ran away. The police have arrested him for killing his pregnant daughter.
