Elderly woman killed by caretaker during robbery at west Delhi flat.
A 75-year-old woman was strangled to dying allegedly by her caretaker and his two associates during a robbery at her flat in west Delhi’s Hari Nagar space, police mentioned on Sunday.
The recently-hired caretaker, Monu (22), hatched a conspiracy alongside together with his associates Vishal (22) and Naveen (31) to rob the the woman and her husband as they had been an “easy target,” they mentioned, information company ANI reported.
All three of them have been arrested from Burari in North Delhi in reference to the murder-cum-robbery incident that befell on May 31, police mentioned.
The deceased woman, Savitri Sharma, and her husband Jaipal, who’s a power most cancers affected person, additionally suffered from psychological well being issues, they mentioned.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Urvija Goel mentioned, “We received information on June 1 that Savitri Sharma was admitted to Orchid Hospital in an unconscious state. She was declared unfit for statement by the attending doctor. But prima facie, the matter seemed to be of attempt to murder as strangulation marks were found on her neck. Hence, a case was registered accordingly but she later succumbed to her injuries during the course of her treatment.”
The caretaker was interrogated and suspicion grew stronger on him as he stored altering his statements, the DCP mentioned. With the help of technical surveillance, it was confirmed that on the day of incident, Monu had come together with another unidentified folks they usually left from there in a rush after someday, she mentioned.
When Monu was confronted, he confessed to his involvement in the offence alongside together with his associates Naveen and Vishal, police mentioned.
On May 31, Monu and Vishal went contained in the aged couple’s flat whereas Naveen stayed again at a long way outdoors to control doable threats to them, Goel mentioned.
After coming into the flat, Monu and Vishal assaulted the woman and requested her in regards to the money and valuables. When she refused, each of them strangled her and fled with money and jewelry, she mentioned.
The police have recovered from the accused a pair of earrings, Rs 2,000 money and the motorbike used in the offence.
