
Mumbai: The police custody of Bollywood starlet Laila Khan's stepfather Parvez Tak, who is the prime accused in her murder case, will end on Monday. Tak, who is also a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba, is a native of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town, about 230 km from Jammu.
He was arrested on June 21 after Laila Khan's vehicle was found in that town. Jammu and Kashmir Police on July 7 handed Tak over to the Mumbai Police for questioning, following which he was brought to Mumbai the next day.
On July 11, the Mumbai Police's crime branch recovered six skeletons within the premises of the starlet's farm house in Igatpuri near Nashik, around 130 km from Mumbai.
Tak, charged with kidnapping and killing of Laila Khan and her family, confessed to the murders and led the Mumbai Police team to the Igatpuri farm house where the six skeletons were found, police said....
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10:42 AM, Jul 23, 2012

Mumbai: Sonu alias Wafi Khan has reportedly told Crime Branch officials that he was in love with actress Laila Khan and wanted to marry her, but his father was against the match. While being questioned by cops on July 14, Sonu revealed that he was in a relationship with the starlet " now believed murdered along with five relatives " after having met her in October 2010. According to his...

03:40 PM, Jul 19, 2012

New Delhi: The police custody of the prime accused in the missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan case, Parvez Tak, was on Thursday extended till July 23. Tak was charged with the kidnapping and murder of Laila Khan after he said he had committed the murders and led the Mumbai Crime Branch to the starlet's Nashik bungalow where six skeletons were found. A forensic analysis report, however, is awaited. Tak, who...

03:05 PM, Jul 19, 2012

New Delhi: The police custody of the prime accused in the missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan case, Parvez Tak, ends on Thursday. Tak was charged with the kidnapping and murder of Laila Khan after he said he had committed the murders and led the Mumbai Crime Branch to the starlet's Nashik bungalow where six skeletons were found. A forensic analysis report, however, is awaited. Tak, who was allegedly the second...

08:37 AM, Jul 19, 2012

Mumbai: A team of police and forensic experts on Tuesday searched Bollywood starlet Laila Khan's Igatpuri farm house in Nashik, where she and her family members were allegedly murdered and reconstructed the sequence of events leading to the killings with the help of arrested accused Parvez Tak, police said. The team, along with Tak, reached the bungalow this morning and carried out extensive search operation, where they had collected a...

07:35 PM, Jul 17, 2012

Mumbai: Armed with a forensics team, Crime Branch officers visited Laila Khan and her deceased familys Oshiwara flat on Monday, in search of evidence against the prime accused Parvez Tak. Khans family stayed at the flat for 10 years. The forensics team, accompanied by Unit VIII officers, conducted relevant tests for more than five hours at the ground floor and the four bedrooms in flat number 104 of the Sunshine...

01:43 PM, Jul 17, 2012

Mumbai: Murdered Bollywood starlet Laila Khan's father has moved the Bombay high Court demanding a CBI probe into her death. Laila's father has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court for a CBI probe. Meanwhile, the police in Kishtwar are on the lookout for Shakir, who used to work in Laila Khan's household. According to the police, Shakir along with Pervez Tak carried out the murders of Laila...

12:49 PM, Jul 17, 2012

Mumbai: The police in Kishtwar are on the lookout for Shakir, who used to work in murdered starlet Laila Khan's household. According to the police, Shakir along with Pervez Tak carried out the murders of Laila and her family members in the Igatpuri farmhouse. The police believe that jealousy is the motive for the murder and are on the lookout for Shakir who may be hiding in Himachal Pradesh. Laila...

02:47 PM, Jul 14, 2012

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Laila Khan's grandmother will be crucial to solve the murder case of Laila and her family as her DNA samples would ascertain the identity of skeletons found at Igatpuri, Nashik, police said on Friday. "We will request Laila's grandmother to give her DNA samples," joint commissioner of police (crime) Himanshu Roy said. Besides, toxicology test will be done to find out if key accused Parveez Tak had...

10:30 PM, Jul 13, 2012

Mumbai: A new video has emerged showing Bollywood actress Laila Khan and her family in happier times has emerged. CNN-IBN has accessed the exclusive footage of the days before Laila and her family were bludgeoned to death allegedly by Pervez Tak and his friend Shakir, a resident of Kishtwar. Police sources say the family enjoyed good relations with Tak but in one spur of the moment, everything went wrong. Laila,...

09:43 AM, Jul 13, 2012

Mumbai: The announcement of a press conference was a dead giveaway that cops believed they had unraveled the most intriguing murder mystery, which has rocked Bollywood in recent times. Briefing the media on the Laila Khan case, joint commissioner of police (crime) Himanshu Roy said, The identification of the bodies could only be made after DNA reports of all six skeletons are out. On Tuesday, Mumbai Crime Branch had recovered...

04:12 PM, Jul 12, 2012

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11:51 PM, Jul 11, 2012

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10:15 PM, Jul 11, 2012

Mumbai: The 17-month-old mystery surrounding Bollywood actress Laila Khan and her family's disappearance has finally been solved it seems by the Mumbai Crime Branch. They claim to have recovered the skeletal remains of Laila and her family. According to the police, they were bludgeoned to death. "We have been able to recover six human skeletons in a pit. We have also recovered iron rod, two knives and jewellery on the...

09:15 PM, Jul 11, 2012

Mumbai Police Jt Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy speaks to IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai on the Laila Khan murder case. ...

07:13 PM, Jul 11, 2012

Mumbai: A day after six skeletons were found from a farmhouse in Igatpuri near Nashik, the Mumbai Police on Wednesday said that they would wait for the DNA test report before confirming whether the bodies were those of Laila Khan and her family. Addressing mediapersons, Mumbai Police Jt CP (Crime) Himanshu Roy confirmed that they had been able to recover the bodies, covered with big stones and mud from a...

04:49 PM, Jul 11, 2012

New Delhi: The Mumbai Crime Branch inched closer to solving the year-old mystery surrounding disappearance of Bollywood actress Laila Khan and five members of her family with the recovery of their bodies and even two cellphones from a farmhouse in Igatpuri near Nashik. But is the Laila Khan story really about the former Bollywood actress? The case that has come to be known after the small-time actress has little to...

01:41 PM, Jul 11, 2012

New Delhi: Missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan's death may finally have been cracked. Six skeletons were found within the premises of her bungalow in Igatpuri near Nashik in Maharashtra on Tuesday. With the shocking recovery of the skeletons, the Mumbai Crime Branch seems to have made a definitive headway in the mystery surrounding the starlet and her family members, who went missing over an year ago. The starlet's mother's alleged...

10:21 AM, Jul 11, 2012

Maharashtra Police on Tuesday recovered bones from missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan's farmhouse in Igatpuri. ...

09:32 AM, Jul 11, 2012

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11:44 PM, Jul 10, 2012