Silence from the political Left, Islam-aligned voices, and feminists.
A brutal case of domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district has reignited a national debate on Islamic attire, women’s autonomy, and coercion within Muslim families after a Muslim man was found to have killed his wife and two young daughters, following a dispute linked to his wife stepping out without wearing a burqa. This horrific incident has drawn renewed scrutiny of how “choice” and enforcement intersect in deeply patriarchal settings within the Muslim community.
The accused, Mohammad Farukh, lived with his family in Garhi Daulat village in the Babri police station area. His wife, Tahira, and their daughters, aged only 14 and 7, were reported missing, and relatives failed to contact them for several days. Farukh initially told neighbors and family members that his wife and children were staying with relatives, but inconsistencies in his account made them suspicious.
After concerned relatives alerted the police, Farukh was taken into custody for questioning. During interrogation, he allegedly disclosed that he had kept his wife, Tahira (32), under “strict purdah,” and did not allow her to step out of the house without wearing a burqa. It has been noted that the couple had been on strained terms. Tensions escalated after Tahira reportedly left for her parents’ home in Nara village of Muzaffarnagar without wearing a burqa following a heated argument, and Farukh was enraged.
According to investigators, the accused confessed to killing his wife and their two daughters. Acting on his statement, police recovered the bodies from a pit dug inside the house compound, which had earlier been prepared under the pretext of constructing a toilet. Officials said Tahira was shot with a country-made firearm after an argument; the elder daughter was shot when she rushed outside on hearing the gunshot, and the younger child was strangled.
Police also informed that one of the minor daughters’ bodies was found with an eye gouged out, and a blood-stained wooden stick was recovered from the scene. Investigators suspect the object was used to assault the child. The accused has been formally arrested and charged with murder and destruction of evidence, and forensic examinations are currently underway.
The killings have drawn widespread condemnation across society. However, notable silence has been observed from sections of the political left, Islam-aligned voices, and certain feminist groups who are otherwise vocal in opposing misogyny and patriarchal practices. --->READ MORE HERE
A domestic dispute over burqa spiralled into a chilling triple murder in Shamli, with a man allegedly killing his wife and two minor daughters inside their home and burying their bodies in the courtyard. The crime, committed around midnight on Dec 9, surfaced days later after the sudden disappearance of the family raised alarm among relatives and neighburs.
Police said Mohammad Farukh (37) was arrested on Wednesday after he confessed to killing his wife Taira (35) and daughters Afreen (14) and Sahreen (7) at their house in Garhi Daulat, Kandhla. The remains were exhumed late Tuesday night from a nine-foot-deep pit.
Investigators said the crime was triggered when Taira stepped out of her parental home without wearing a burqa about a month ago — an act that deeply angered Farukh. Married in 2009 in Nara, Muzaffarnagar, the couple had five children.
Police said Farukh, who dropped out of school in Class 5 and worked at hotels and weddings for a living, plotted the murders meticulously. Days before the murders, under the guise of constructing a toilet, he dug a deep pit in the courtyard and procured three country-made pistols and 20 cartridges, even test-firing the weapons to ensure they worked.
According to the confession, on the night of the incident Farukh allegedly woke Taira on the pretext of making tea. When she stepped into the courtyard to light the stove, he shot her in the head. The gunshot alerted Afreen, who ran out and was shot next. When Sahreen woke up and came out, he strangled her. He then dumped all three bodies into the pit and sealed it. --->READ MORE HERE
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