Former corporator’s husband murdered

NT Correspondent
Bengaluru

Chamarajpet police have begun a lookout for the accused who absconded after stabbing the husband of a former Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Corporator in Bengaluru. Ayub Khan, whose wife Nazima Khanam is the ex-corporator of the KR Market ward (139) in the Chamarajapet constituency, succumbed to grievous stab injuries on Thursday morning.

The jurisdictional police said that Khan was stabbed by his brother’s son on Wednesday evening and was under intense care at the hospital here. The accused has been identified as Matheen. It is being said that Matheen had a personal enmity with his uncle for a few months.

Police investigation revealed that Ayub Khan and Matheen met near Vinayaka Theatre in Chamarajpet on Wednesday evening and got into an altercation. As the argument turned violent, Matheen stabbed his uncle in his stomach with a knife before fleeing the scene.

The grievously injured Khan was rushed to the Victoria Hospital in the city. According to sources, the duo had gotten into verbal fights several times earlier due to a dispute between them concerning thepresidential position of a Mosque.

Ayub Khan himself was booked by the police for attacking his relative, Nadeem, a resident of Tipu Nagar, over an alleged rivalry between them in 2016. An FIR has been filed against Matheen at the Chamarajpet police station, and the cops are currently on the lookout for him.