Navi Mumbai: Ex-Boyfriend Stabs Woman at Nerul Bus Stop After She Refuses Marriage Proposal; She Dies in Hospital, He Is Arrested

Navi Mumbai: A 27-year-old man allegedly stabbed his former girlfriend at a bus stop in Navi Mumbai after she turned down his marriage proposal. The woman was standing at the bus stop, waiting for a bus to go to work, when the accused attacked her several times with a knife. She was admitted to hospital in a serious condition and died.

The deceased has been identified as Sadiya Jahir Shaikh, 21. She worked as a private security staffer at Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Accused works as delivery staffer with e-commerce firm

The accused, Danish Mohammad Ansari, 27, works as a delivery staffer with an e-commerce company. Both live in the Antop Hill area of Wadala in Mumbai.

According to police, the two met in 2021, during the Covid period, at a hospital. They later became involved in a relationship. A dispute arose between them over marriage, and Sadiya turned down Danish's proposal. She had also filed complaints against him with the police in June and on 14 October.

Woman was waiting for bus

Sadiya had come to Nerul from GTB Nagar. At around 7.15 am, she was standing at the bus stop near Nerul railway station, waiting for a bus to go to duty. The accused reached the spot and began arguing with her.

According to police, he attacked her with a knife over her turning down the marriage proposal and on suspicion that she was in a relationship with another man. He allegedly stabbed her several times in the chest, abdomen, neck and back. He fled the spot after the attack.

Dies in hospital

People present at the spot took the injured Sadiya in an auto-rickshaw to Meenatai Thackeray Hospital in Nerul. From there, she was admitted to the intensive care unit of the municipal hospital in Vashi.

After recording Sadiya's statement in hospital, police registered an attempt-to-murder case against the accused. Police traced him using his mobile tower location. He was arrested from his brother-in-law's house in Ghansoli. Police also recovered the knife used in the attack.

Sadiya was later referred to Sion Hospital in Mumbai, where she died during treatment. Police then registered a murder case against the accused under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. A court in Belapur sent him to seven days' police custody.