India, July 16 -- A four-year-old girl's body was found in the sea near Sassoon Dock on Tuesday morning. Her stepfather, Imran Shaikh, had emerged as the prime suspect in the case after he switched off his phone and absconded. The police managed to detain him on Tuesday night.

According to the police, the girl, Amayara Imran Shaikh, used to ask Imran for his phone to play games till 3 am without sleeping. She made similar demands frequently that left him irritated. Out of frustration, on Monday night, he took her on his bike to south Mumbai and allegedly stopped at an isolated spot to strangle her. He then dumped her dead body in the sea.

Around 8.30 am on Tuesday, Gopi Dhanu, a fisherman, was taking his boat from Sassoon Dock when he d...