14 years after the multiple murders in Mumbai of actor Laila Khan and her family came to light, the man accused of the gruesome murders has been found guilty by a Mumbai court.
Parvez Tak, who was the third husband of Laila Khan’s mother Selina, was convicted on Thursday by Mumbai Sessions court on charges of murder and destruction of evidence under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court will hear arguments on the quantum of sentence on May 14.
Laila, her mother Selina and four siblings were killed at their bungalow in Igatpuri in February 2011 by Tak. The prosecution case is that Tak killed his wife Selina first after an argument over properties that belonged to her. He then killed Laila and her four siblings.
The prosecution case was that Tak had felt that Selina and her family treated him like a servant that he feared that she would abandon him in India while relocating to Dubai.
The killings came to light a few months later when Tak was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police as he had some criminal cases.
The victims’ decomposed bodies were recovered later from a farm house in Igatpuri that belonged to Laila Khan’s family.
The prosecution had examined 40 witnesses against Tak in all these years.
Source Agencies
