A 38-year-old jeweller’s wife was strangled to death by five robbers inside her house in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar phase- III on Thursday afternoon during a robbery bid. Preliminary investigation revealed that robbers posed as courier agents entered into the house of the jeweller Ajay Gupta, who was at his jewellery shop in Kondli at that time and they held her children and the woman hostage at knife-point before killing her.
The deceased was identified as Madhubala Gupta. She was home along with her two children — nine-year old daughter Himashi and 14-year-old son Himanshu.
“The incident occurred around 3.30 pm when one of the assailants first reached the house and knocked on the door posing as a courier agent. The victim, Madhubala, opened the door but before she could question him further, his four associates also entered the house and strangled her to death her when she resisted their robbery attempt,” a senior police officer said.
The assailants locked the children and decamped with cash amounting to several lakhs and silver jewellery.“The incident came to light when the victim’s children started screaming and neighbours made a PCR call. Madhubala was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival,” the office added.