Trying to flee country after killing lover, Gurugram man nabbed near Bangladesh border

Gurugram, December 24

A taxi driver, wanted for allegedly murdering his girlfriend for refusing to marry him, was nabbed near Bangladesh border, by the Sector 31 crime unit team. He was produced in a court, which sent him to two-day police remand.

The accused has been identified as Shafikul Islam (37), a native of Dakshin Dinajpur in West Bengal. He lived with his wife in Gurugram and was working as taxi driver.

On September, 23 when the body of Nargis Khatun (25) of West Bengal was found in the South City-1 area and the taxi driver was also missing.

Victim’s father alleged Shafikul might have killed his daughter. He told the police that his daughter went to bring milk, but did not return home. Next day, he managed to get a CCTV footage from a nearby gym in which she was seen with Shafikul. An FIR was registered at the Sector 40 police station. Now, the Sector 31 crime unit team is probing the case. The crime unit team led by Inspector Anand Yadav caught the accused from Fulwari Chowk, near Bangladesh border, when he was trying to flee the country. The accused confessed to murder. “The accused has been married three times. Now, he was pressurising victim for marriage. When she denied he killed her,” said Preet Pal Singh Sangwan, ACP, crime. — OC