27yo woman found dead in Meerut home; husband under scanner

Shamli: A 27-year-old woman was found dead with her throat slit in her rented room in Majid Nagar under Lisadi Gate police station of Meerut on Friday morning.Kausar Khatoon’s body was found after her five-year-old daughter approached the landlord and asked to call her father. When the landlord’s wife entered the room, she found Kausar lying dead. Her three daughters, aged between 1.5 and 5 years, were present, with the two younger children crying. Suspicion has also fallen on her husband, Mohammad Saqib, who was not present at the time.Police said Kausar had been sleeping with her daughters on the first floor on Thursday night when an unidentified assailant allegedly entered and attacked her with a sharp-edged weapon. Saqib, an e-rickshaw driver, had gone out earlier.SP (City) Vinayak Gopal said the crime scene was sealed and forensic teams were called, and the body was sent for postmortem. “Family members, relatives from Kausar’s maternal and in-laws’ sides and frequent visitors to the house are being questioned. We will proceed further once the postmortem report comes,” he said.The deceased’s elder brother, Mohammad Mursaleen, alleged that about 15 days ago Saqib had falsely claimed Kausar fell from the roof, but later called it a “joke.”Police said multiple angles are being probed, including personal enmity and a possible family dispute, while CCTV footage from the area is being scanned.