05-31-2007, 07:56 AM
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/...cle_1712153.php
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homep...cle_1712023.php <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Suspect identified in Anaheim Hills deaths
Former boyfriend of surviving daughter arrested in Phoenix airport carrying a one-way ticket to Bangladesh.</b>
By GWENDOLYN DRISCOLL, GARY GRADO and DENISSE SALAZAR
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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 residents last week, the attempted murder of another and a arson, 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.
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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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http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homep...cle_1712023.php <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Suspect identified in Anaheim Hills deaths
Former boyfriend of surviving daughter arrested in Phoenix airport carrying a one-way ticket to Bangladesh.</b>
By GWENDOLYN DRISCOLL, GARY GRADO and DENISSE SALAZAR
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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 residents last week, the attempted murder of another and a arson, 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.
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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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