Mohammed Shafi Sohail Shaikh, the 33-year-old accused of murdering his mother on December 28 at their Ghatkopar residence, had allegedly visited a dargah immediately after the crime to seek forgiveness, police interrogation of the accused revealed. He also allegedly turned down the AC temperature at their home and slept with his mother's dead body still at home the next day. According to the police, Shaikh then sold his mother's jewellery and brought back his Scooty and shared some money with his girlfriend to celebrate New Year.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the murder case of the mutilated dead body found near ST Workshop, Ghatkopar West last month. The cops had found the victim's chopped legs the next day and her head on January 4 near Kurla railway station. A case was registered against an unknown person under IPC section 302 (murder) and 201 (disappearance of evidence).