Iqlaque Fakir Mohammed Shaikh is a 29–year-old of New Mangalwar Peth, Pune, India. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for committing the murder of Gudrun Corvinus.[1] Corvinus was a German archaeologist of the Nepal Research Center in Kathmandu. She was a member of the Afar expedition in Ethiopia which discovered the famous skeleton Lucy. While working in the Namib desert, she discovered animal fossils from the Miocene period. Corvinus moved to Nepal in 1984 and explored the region, specifically the Dang Deokhuri District, Dun valley, and Siwalik Hills.[citation needed]
Details about the death say that he stabbed Corvinus and beheaded her. After finding her severed head, Bund Garden police on 7 January 2006 found Iqlaque Fakir Mohammed Shaikh and arrested him within 7 hours.[2]
He was given 14-day parole to look after his sick wife, but on the last day of parole was suspected to have run off with his wife and mother.[3]
Despite numerous sightings, he is still at large and has not been taken into custody.[4]
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edit- ^ "HC upholds life term for Pune man in German murder case". The Times of India. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Realtor gets life term for murder of German archaeologist | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Murderer of German archaeologist escapes with family". The Indian Express. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Life-term convict jumped parole in June, not found yet - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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edit- "Realtor gets life term for murder of German archaeologist - The Times of India". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2015.