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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Elderly man, wife found killed in duplex flat after 2 visitors leave; cops suspect gain for murder
Hyderabad: An elderly couple was murdered by two unidentified persons in their duplex apartment in Rajendranagar on Thursday. Police suspect it to be a case of murder for gain. According to the police, the deceased were identified as Shaik Abdullah (77), a retired bank employee, and his wife Rizwana (70), a retired polytechnic college lecturer. They were found dead with multiple stab injuries by the building's watchman on Friday. According to police officials, Abdullah had sustained seven stab injuries on his body, including the chest, abdomen, and leg. Based on the watchman's statement, the Rajendranagar police booked a case under Section 103 (murder) of BNS and launched a manhunt for the accused. "As per the watchman's statement, two people had come to visit the couple at around 5.10 pm on Thursday. They said they were physiotherapists. It was after taking permission from the house owner that the two were allowed inside. One of them was wearing a mask, and the other was dressed in burqa," said a police official. "Five minutes later, the person wearing the mask came out, and the other person left the house about 30 minutes later and came down from the sixth floor. " The couple had moved into the Rajendranagar residence about a month ago and were living alone. The police are yet to ascertain the extent of the loss. "The house, including the cupboard, was found ransacked. Since there was no third person, we cannot confirm whether any property was stolen. Only imitation ornaments were found at the site, and no gold was recovered. Until the culprits are caught, we cannot ascertain anything," said D Srinivas, assistant commissioner of police (Rajendranagar division), reiterating that they suspect it to be a murder for gain. The couple lived on the fifth and sixth floors of the building, while the remaining portions had been rented out. They have four children — two residing in the US and two in London. "The murder came to light at 11 am on Friday when the watchman went to the victims' house. Finding the fifth floor locked, he went to the sixth floor, where the lock was open. From there, he came downstairs and found the couple murdered," the police official added. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
Indian Express
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
It is a restricted release for members of part-Pakistani family staying in Rajkot
A family residing in Lodhika village, about 31 km from Rajkot city, whose three of six members — identified as Pakistan nationals — were detained by Rajkot Rural Police police for overstaying their visa, were sent back to their home Saturday night, with a caveat — they would stay within the limits of Rajkot district. Three generations of the Tataria family are awaiting a decision on their fate after the police found that 50-year-old Rizwana Tataria, wife of Munaf Ibrahim Tataria, who had entered India on July 30, 1999, had overstayed her visa by 26 years. Rizwana, originally a resident of Karachi's Lyari town, had married Munaf, an Indian national, in 1992 when he had gone to Pakistan on a work permit. Their son Zeeshan was born in Pakistan. While coming to India, Rizwana had brought her then five-year-old son along with her. Today, Zeeshan, who has a Pakistan passport, at the age of 29, is not just married to an Indian woman, but also has a two-year-old son who has been deemed a Pakistan national owing to the nationality of his father. However, Zeeshan's sibling, Rizwana's other child, a 23-year-old daughter named Rumeza, has been deemed an Indian citizen as per laws regulating citizenship in India. Conditions apply On Friday evening, Rizwana, Zeeshan and his son were detained by the Lodhika police for almost 24 hours. Inspector IM Sarvaiya on Monday confirmed that the trio had been allowed to temporarily return to their home in Lodhika village pending a decision — to be taken by the Gujarat Home Department — on whether they are to be deported or not. While at the police station, the 2-year-old child's Indian mother was allowed to stay with him. They had not been placed in lockup but made to sit inside the police station premises as is the norm in places where a notified foreigner detention centre is unavailable and the detainees don't have any criminal antecedent. Notably, Rajkot does not have a Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) where foreign nationals, pending deportation, can be detained. The two JICs in Gujarat are located in Bhuj, Kutch, and in Ahmedabad. The Indian Express also spoke to the family members who confirmed that the trio had been allowed to return home with restrictions. Confirming the same, Police Inspector Sarvaiya told the Indian Express, 'We allowed the three detained Pakistan nationals to return to their home in Lodhika pending a decision from the Home Department regarding their status. They have been released on the condition that they do not leave the boundary of Rajkot district as per the restriction order issued by the Superintendent of Police.' Born 20 years apart: One deemed Indian, the other, Pakistani Notably, two different regulations apply to the two members of the same family who were born in India, 20 years apart. While Zeeshan's sister Rumeza, born in 2002, is considered an Indian, Zeeshan's son, born in 2022, has been deemed a Pakistan national. This is due to the watershed moment that was the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2003. Explaining the same, SP Himkar Singh of Rajkot Rural Police told The Indian Express : 'In 2003, there was an amendment in the citizenship law that a person would be Indian by birth when born on Indian soil, whose one parent is Indian and the other parent is a foreigner but not an illegal immigrant. So, the two-year-old child cannot be an Indian because his father Zeeshan, was an illegal immigrant at the time of his birth in 2022.' However, this amendment does not apply to Rumeza. The SP said, 'Rumeza was also born in India to one Indian parent and one illegal immigrant (Rizwana) but the amendment does not apply to her because she was born in 2002, which is two years before the law came into effect, as it (the law) is applicable only to those born after December 3, 2004.'
Indian Express
03-05-2025
- Indian Express
3 generations of Pakistan nationals, including a 2-year-old, detained in Rajkot, awaiting deportation orders
A two-year-old child in Rajkot, son of a Pakistan national, who, in turn, had been brought to India before the age of five by his Karachi-born mother, who had married an Indian, is likely to be deported across the border. Three generations of this family, including 50-year-old Rizwana, her 29-year-old son Zeeshan — both with Pakistan passports — and her two-year-old grandson, were detained by the Lodhika police on Saturday. The local police are awaiting a call from senior officials regarding further action to be taken in the matter. While Rizwana and her son Zeeshan are accused of overstaying their visa for 26 years, the child has been detained because he was born to a Pakistani father and an Indian mother. According to the Rajkot Rural Police, ASI Jayvirsinh Rana and Head Constable Anil Gujarati of the Local Crime Branch (LCB) were out patrolling when they received information that Rizwana, wife of Munaf Ibrahim Tataria, is a Pakistani national who had overstayed her visa. Police Inspector I M Sarvaiya, who conducted an investigation, found that Rizwana was originally a resident of Lyari town of Karachi, was born in 1975 in Lyari, and married Munaf Ibrahim Tataria, an Indian, in 1992 when he had gone to Pakistan on a work permit. Zeeshan was born while Tataria was in Pakistan. While Tataria returned to India in 1994, Rizwana and their son Zeeshan came to India on July 30, 1999, and never went back. According to this timeline, Rizwana has lived more than half her life in India, while Zeeshan was brought up in India even before he was 5 years old. The Lodhika police said that Zeeshan despite being a Pakistan national, allegedly illegally married an Indian woman in 2021 and they have a son who was born on September 10, 2022. Inspector Sarvaiya said he is awaiting further orders from top officials regarding their deportation. Rajkot Rural SP Himkar Singh remained unavailable for comment. If deported, the break in ties between the two countries is likely to tear asunder two families — Rizwana will lose her husband Munaf, her son Zeeshan will have to leave behind his Indian wife and their two-year-old son his mother on the international border.
