Hyderabad: Meerpet police have arrested a 42-year-old businessman for allegedly committing a double murder at his in-laws’ house in Badangpet over marital disputes.The accused, Mohammed Siddiqui, a businessman from Bandlaguda, had been going through a strained marital relationship. His wife had recently filed a domestic harassment complaint with the police. She had been staying at her parents’ house in Badangpet along with their three children.Meerpet police had summoned the couple and advised them to attend a counselling session to resolve their domestic issues. Before appearing for the counselling session, Siddiqui contacted his brother-in-law, Yusuf, and went to his in-laws’ house in Badangpet on Wednesday evening on the pretext of discussing family matters.However, after reaching the house, Siddiqui allegedly attacked his mother-in-law, Niranjan Bee, with a knife. “He also stabbed Yusuf and Yusuf’s wife, Md Reshma, 39, when they tried to intervene. Reshma and Niranjan Bee died on the spot due to severe bleeding injuries. Yusuf is currently undergoing treatment at Osmania General Hospital,” Shamshabad DCP B Rajesh said.After committing the murders, Siddiqui allegedly fled the scene in his car. In his complaint to the police, Reshma’s cousin, Md Ahmed Khan, alleged that Siddiqui had harassed a female family member.Shamshabad DCP Rajesh said Siddiqui bore a grudge against the victims due to marital discord and other family disputes that had persisted for about six years, and targeted them following the recent domestic harassment complaint.A case was registered against Siddiqui on Wednesday under Sections 103(1) (murder) and 109 (attempt to murder) of the BNS. Police arrested him in Bandlaguda on Thursday and seized a knife, a car and a mobile phone from his possession. He was remanded to judicial custody on Friday.
