In a significant development in the Uran murder case, Daud Shaikh, a 23-year-old man, was arrested on Tuesday morning in the Shahapur hills of northern Karnataka. The arrest follows a three-day investigation into the death of Yashashree Shinde, a 20-year-old woman whose body was discovered near Uran railway station on July 27.
The body of Shinde was found with multiple injury marks and stab wounds, prompting an intensive search for the suspect. Shaikh, who had been in a relationship with Shinde since 2019, had been hiding in the hills near his hometown of Kalaburagi. Shinde’s family had reported her missing on July 25 after she failed to return home from work.
The investigation, led by the Navi Mumbai crime branch and the Uran police station, involved eight police teams that tracked call data records (CDR), interrogated family members, and conducted searches in Shahapur based on tips from informers. Shaikh was eventually located and apprehended after a thorough search. According to joint commissioner Deepak Sakore, Shaikh has confessed to the crime.
Shaikh’s arrest was the result of technical analysis and detailed interrogations. Four other suspects were questioned, but Shaikh emerged as the primary accused. The preliminary investigation revealed that Shinde and Shaikh had a planned meeting on the day she went missing, which ended in her murder.
Earlier, Shinde’s family had filed a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) against Shaikh. Although he had been jailed for six months, his family relocated to Karnataka during the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigation found that Shaikh had visited Uran just before Shinde’s disappearance, with his phone being switched off on the day she went missing.
The police have also addressed social media rumors suggesting that the case was related to “love jihad.” DCP (Crime Branch) Amit Kale clarified that the primary cause of death was stabbing, and the disfigurement of Shinde’s face was likely due to wild animals, not intentional violence.
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