A court in Mumbai sentenced a man to imprisonment for life for murdering his son. The incident took place in August 2018 in the Dongri area of south Mumbai. The accused, identified as Salim Shaikh, was held guilty by the additional sessions judge, S D Tawshikar, on Monday. The judge stated that the prosecution has successfully proved that he was the only “author of the offence”.

The victim in this case was identified as Imran. The case pertains to a complaint filed by Imran’s mother (Shaikh's first wife). As per a complaint, Shaikh had an argument with his son, which later turned to an assault after Imran refused to address his second wife as ‘mother’.