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Indian woman sentenced to death for killing husband
Jaishree Balasubramanian
Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (PTI) An Indian woman has been
sentenced to death by a Malaysian court for killing her
husband and secretly burying him in the garden of their house
five years ago.
Reyaz Ahmed Maruf, a businessman, was strangled to
death in his bedroom and was then buried in the garden in the
case initially dubbed as the "curry murder trial" as reports
suggested that Reyaz was drugged before he was murdered.
High Court judge Zaharah Ibrahim sentenced Maruf's
Indian wife Shahmin Bano Mohammed Farooque and her cousin
Javeed Akhtar Abdul Waheed to death after they were found
guilty of the murder.
In the verdict pronounced after a full hearing which
saw 18 witnesses taking the stand, judge Zaharah said she
found the defence had failed to raise a reasonable doubt in
the prosecution's case, adding that she would provide the
grounds of judgment in due time.
The victim's children told the court that their father
was strangled with a piece of wire and buried in a shallow
grave in the garden.
After verdict was passed, 41-year-old Shahmin looked
tearful, while her cousin 39-year-old Javed looked surprised.
In her defence, Shahmin claimed that she was not
involved in the murder and accused Javed, a man called Ayub
Khan and another unidentified person of killing her husband.
Shahmin claimed that she tried to help Reyaz but was
threatened by Ayub. Javed, however, said he did not have any
motive to kill Reyaz and alleged that Shahmin had called him
to help bury the victim.
But Shahmin's two children told the court that they
had seen Javed strangle their father while their mother stood
beside the bed and held Reyaz's hands down.
The two girls also testified that they saw Javeed and
Shahmin dig a hole in the garden to bury their father.
Javed was working as a labourer at Reyaz's factory.
Reyaz was married to Shahmin for 14 years. They have
four children between the ages of 8 and 18 who are now staying
with Reyaz's family.
The case was initially dubbed the "curry murder trial"
as newspaper reports earlier suggested that Reyaz was drugged
before he was murdered.
The reports stated that the curry he had for dinner
before he was murdered was laced with sleeping pills.
During the trial, however, it was found from the
post-mortem report that there were no traces of sleeping pill
or drugs in Reyaz's stomach. PTI JB
SAK
Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (PTI) An Indian woman has been
sentenced to death by a Malaysian court for killing her
husband and secretly burying him in the garden of their house
five years ago.
Reyaz Ahmed Maruf, a businessman, was strangled to
death in his bedroom and was then buried in the garden in the
case initially dubbed as the "curry murder trial" as reports
suggested that Reyaz was drugged before he was murdered.
High Court judge Zaharah Ibrahim sentenced Maruf's
Indian wife Shahmin Bano Mohammed Farooque and her cousin
Javeed Akhtar Abdul Waheed to death after they were found
guilty of the murder.
In the verdict pronounced after a full hearing which
saw 18 witnesses taking the stand, judge Zaharah said she
found the defence had failed to raise a reasonable doubt in
the prosecution's case, adding that she would provide the
grounds of judgment in due time.
The victim's children told the court that their father
was strangled with a piece of wire and buried in a shallow
grave in the garden.
After verdict was passed, 41-year-old Shahmin looked
tearful, while her cousin 39-year-old Javed looked surprised.
In her defence, Shahmin claimed that she was not
involved in the murder and accused Javed, a man called Ayub
Khan and another unidentified person of killing her husband.
Shahmin claimed that she tried to help Reyaz but was
threatened by Ayub. Javed, however, said he did not have any
motive to kill Reyaz and alleged that Shahmin had called him
to help bury the victim.
But Shahmin's two children told the court that they
had seen Javed strangle their father while their mother stood
beside the bed and held Reyaz's hands down.
The two girls also testified that they saw Javeed and
Shahmin dig a hole in the garden to bury their father.
Javed was working as a labourer at Reyaz's factory.
Reyaz was married to Shahmin for 14 years. They have
four children between the ages of 8 and 18 who are now staying
with Reyaz's family.
The case was initially dubbed the "curry murder trial"
as newspaper reports earlier suggested that Reyaz was drugged
before he was murdered.
The reports stated that the curry he had for dinner
before he was murdered was laced with sleeping pills.
During the trial, however, it was found from the
post-mortem report that there were no traces of sleeping pill
or drugs in Reyaz's stomach. PTI JB
SAK
