A 75-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her caretaker and his two associates during a robbery at her flat in west Delhi’s Hari Nagar area. Police said they have arrested the accused and his two accomplices.
Police said the recently-hired caretaker, Monu (22), hatched a conspiracy along with his associates Vishal (22) and Naveen (31) to rob the woman and her husband as they were an easy target.
According to Urvija Goel, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), west district, police 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,” said the DCP.
“The caretaker after being nabbed from the Burari area was interrogated and suspicion grew stronger on him as he kept changing his statements. With the help of technical surveillance.
It was confirmed that on the day of incident, Monu had come along with some other unidentified people and they left from there in a hurry after sometime,” said the DCP.
“When Monu was confronted, he confessed to his involvement in the offence along with his associates Naveen and Vishal following which they were also nabbed,” said the DCP.
On May 31, Monu and Vishal went inside the elderly couple’s flat while Naveen stayed back at some distance outside to keep an eye on possible threats to them, said the DCP.