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Wadala man goes missing with kid, texts suicide note

Updated on: 25 July,2016 10:40 AM IST  | 
Faisal Tandel | mailbag@mid-day.com

Cops trace phone of 35-year-old, who went missing with his 5-year-old daughter 3 days ago, to Vashi bridge, rope in fire brigade, but find no clue; blames wife's many extramarital affairs behind step in suicide note

Wadala man goes missing with kid, texts suicide note

A 35-year-old medical representative and his 5-year-old daughter have been missing for over three days. In a suicide note, which he had forwarded to all his contacts, Ashad Irshad Khan wrote that his wife harassed him and was having many extramarital affairs — which prompted him to take the extreme step.


Shaziya with their daughter Minal; (left) Ashad Khan. Pic/Shadab Khan
Shaziya with their daughter Minal; (left) Ashad Khan. Pic/Shadab Khan


The Wadala police have registered a missing complaint and formed two teams to trace the father-daughter duo.


Khan had been working with Cipla for the last three months, before which he was with Glenmark. He married Shaziya (23) seven years ago and his daughter, Minal, is a Std I student at National Kannada Education Society. Ashad’s family (he has four brothers) has claimed he and Shaziya had been living separately for the past three months due to some dispute between the couple.

The suicide note
Azam Khan (37), Khan’s elder brother, said he saw him for the last time at his Wadala residence around 12.30 pm on July 21. “He was sitting at home with his daughter. He told me Minal wasn’t well and that he would be taking her to a hospital. He hadn’t sent Minal to school that day. After that, I left for work.”

According to sources, Khan texted Shaziya around 5 pm on Thursday, saying he had killed Minal and was going to commit suicide. Shaziya immediately approached Agripada police station, which alerted the Wadala police. At 9.34 pm, Khan sent a suicide note to around 300 contacts he had on his phone, which included his friends and relatives. “Before we could react, we started getting calls from relatives asking about Khan. The police immediately went to his house,” Azam said.

In his suicide note, Khan wrote that Shaziya had extramarital affairs with several people, including her relatives. He claimed that her parents had lied about her age at the time of marriage.

On the trail
Police started tracing his mobile number to find his location. At 6 pm, he was traced to Tiger Valley Point in Khandala, but after that, he switched off his phone. “At 9.30 pm, after he had sent the suicide note, he was traced to Vashi Old Bridge,” said Azam.

A team of over 10 Wadala policeman left for Vashi. “At 11.30 pm, we reached the spot and found his bike. The keys and his helmet were kept on it. The police called the fire brigade and ambulance for the search operation and, till 3 am on Friday, we kept looking, but couldn’t find him or Minal,” Azam said.

On Friday morning, the police scoured the footage at the Vashi toll naka, but couldn’t find any clue. “The CCTV camera footage showed a man passing the toll naka at 10.22 pm with a girl on his shoulders. But it was a blurred video and nothing could be ascertained. We have circulated pictures of Khan and Minal in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai for clues. We have also found that Khan used the services of an HDFC ATM near the Wadala railway station, after which he met his garage owner and paid him repair charges for his bike,” said a senior officer from the Wadala police station.

Khan’s maternal uncle, Musharraf Hussain, said, “We pray that he and Minal are fine. He adored his daughter and couldn’t have done something so extreme to her.”

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