Mumbai Man Allegedly Stabs Estranged Wife To Death Over Not Wearing Burqa

According to police, a cab driver, 36, fatally stabbed his estranged wife, 20, in Mumbai Sunday night after a quarrel over who would get custody of their son and an ongoing fight about her refusal to observe traditional Muslim traditions.
In 2019, Rupali, a Hindu woman, wed Muslim Iqbal Sheikh. Zara became her new name. In 2020, they had a son. “Her family informed us that she had been living apart from them, with their son, for a while due to pressure from Iqbal Sheikh’s family to cover up. According to area police chief Vilas Rathod, “We are looking into it.”

On September 26, he had called her to meet and discuss her divorce demand, her family told the cops. “They met around 10pm and got into an argument over the child’s custody. He dragged her into an alley and stabbed her multiple times with a knife. She died on the spot,” said the police officer.