Youth kill girlfriend, sat near his mother's grave before his father tracked him and handed over to police

MUMBAI: A youth strangled his girlfriend to death and left her house to end his life but did not dare to do so. This made him go to the Kabrastaan (graveyard) sat beside his mother’s grave in Andheri (East) for over five hours before his father located him and handed him to the Sahar police station at 12.30 pm on Sunday.
Police said the 22-year-old youth named Zaib Khawaja Solkar strangled his 18- year-old girlfriend, Sara Sayyed, to death in her flat at Ashok Tower in Marol Naka, Mumbai at 4.30 after she, a Class XII college student, allowed him access to her bedroom through the backdoor late on Saturday night.
Sayyed's father and younger brother, aged around 14, were asleep in the hall, unaware of Solkar's presence due to the locked bedroom door. “Solkar, who is pursuing an AC mechanic course after completing Class XII, confessed to having a fight with the victim after spending some time together. He used Sayyed's dupatta (scarf) to strangle her,” said a police officer of the Sahar police station.
In the morning, Sayyed's family found her motionless and rushed her to the hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival. Police said after committing the crime, Solkar left the flat through the back door and purchased rat poison from the Chimanpada locality in Andheri (East).
Solkar said he tried to kill himself but did not dare to consume the poison. “This made him go to the graveyard and sit beside his mother's grave before his father tracked him. Solkar and the victim have known each other for the last three years. They even had a verbal fight on social media three days ago before he killed her early morning on Sunday," said the police.
Police booked Solkar under the Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder) and took him into custody for five days.