Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested Sohail Shaikh, the boyfriend of 19-year-old Aishwarya Agrwal, an IT student, who was brutally hacked to death on Friday afternoon.
Shaikh’s friend, Deepak Waghri, was arrested on Friday for killing Agrwal, a resident of Bolinj, Virar, and was produced in a local court on Saturday evening where he was remanded in police custody till September 8.
The police had booked Waghri under the sections of the Indian Penal Code for murder and attempt to rape. The police’s preliminary investigation has indicated that Shaikh had conspired with Waghri, following which the latter attempted to rape Agrwal. Shaikh will be produced in court on Sunday.
The investigation in the case is on and the police is going to take down the statements of Agrwal and Shaikh’s neighbours and relatives to understand the nature of their relationship.
According to police officers, Agrwal, a second-year IT student, was in a relationship with Shaikh. Both of them used to meet daily in Waghri’s house, which is situated in Jakat Naka in Mumbai.
On Friday, Agrwal visited Waghri’s house to meet Shaikh when Waghri allegedly started pressurising her for a physical relationship with him. But, Agrwal turned him down and Waghri allegedly tried to rape her. Following this, a scuffle took place between the two, and Waghri picked up an axe and allegedly attacked Agrawal.
