In a shocking case from Thane, Maharashtra, a 25-year-old woman named Mehajabeen Khatun Ekran Sheikh has been arrested for the murder of her lover, 26-year-old Arbaz Maqsood Ali Khan. The relationship, which began in 2021, soured when Khan stopped sending Mehajabeen money. Police reports indicate that Khan had been regularly transferring funds to her until he ceased payments, prompting Mehajabeen to conspire with her husband, Hasan Sheikh, her brother, Tariq Sheikh, and their friend, Mojjam Pathan, to murder him.

On April 3, Khan was lured to Mehajabeen's home in Vasai, where he was allegedly assaulted with a plastic pipe after being tied up. He suffered fatal head injuries during the attack. The accused then stuffed his body into a blue drum and disposed of it in a drain to conceal their crime. Police investigations, including the analysis of call records and location data, led to the discovery of the body and the subsequent arrests of Mehajabeen and her brother on May 7. Charges against the suspects include kidnapping and murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Hasan Sheikh and Mojjam Pathan are currently on the run.