Posted on 05/29/2007 11:03:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
A Van Nuys man carrying a one-way ticket to Bangladesh has been arrested at a Phoenix airport in connection with the deaths of two Anaheim Hills residents last week, the beating of a third, and a house fire, Maricopa County Superior Court officials confirmed Tuesday.
Iftekhar Murtaza,22, is identified in court papers as the ex-boyfriend of Shayona Dhanak, the 18-year-old daughter of one of the two murder victims, Jayprakash Dhanak, 56. The other victim, Karishma Dhanak, 20, was Shayona Dhanak’s sister. Jayprakash’s wife, Leela Dhanak, 53, was severely beaten in the attack but survived.
The victims were stabbed, strangled and burned, according to the documents. The Dhanaks’ Anaheim Hills home was set on fire.
Murtaza was identified by a “victim,” according to police documents presented to the Superior Court.
Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez described Murtaza as a “person of interest” in the case.
“This is still a very wide and complex investigation,” Martinez said. “We are not discounting anything.”
Martinez noted that “based on the brutality of the crime, we believe there was more than one suspect involved.”
The motive for the crime appears to be a dispute over religion.
“Information developed revealed the suspect was upset with Shayona’s parents and sister for discontinuing the relationship due to different religious backgrounds, Hindu and Muslim,” the papers said.
The Dhanaks were reported by friends and neighbors to be devout members of the strict Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. Murtaza is Muslim.
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Oil and water.
The religion of peace?
Victims must have “insulted Islam”. These ROP people are ...well ...not people, more like demons.
Yeah : )
Carrying a one-way ticket to anywhere pretty much makes you suspicious, regardless.
Gosh, I hope they weren't profiling young Muslim males. That would be wrong.
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
Did they profile him? Some scumbag liar will latch on to this guy and say his rights were violated etc,etc.
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