Two sisters were found murdered in their house at Delhi’s Paschim Vihar area on Thursday afternoon. The murder was noticed by the domestic help when she turned up for work on Thursday afternoon. Frightened after seeing both sisters lying in a pool of blood, she informed the office bearers of Resident Welfare Association of Anand Van Society in Pashchim Vihar. They in turn informed police.
According to senior police official, the deceased were identified as Usha Pathak (75) and her younger sister Asha Pathak (70), both unmarried sisters were living at A- 6 Block of the Anand Van Society near the sports complex in Paschim Vihar of West Delhi.
“We have received a call on the Police Control Room (PCR) regarding the incident around 3.30 pm on Thursday following which a team had rushed to the spot. The house was totally ransacked and the sisters were lying on the floor. One of the deceased was strangled to death while other was bludgeoned to death. Both the bodies were sent to hospital for autopsy,” said police official tasked with investigation.
The nature of crime suggest that there were more than two persons were involved. “During our initial investigation it was revealed that the deceased sisters had a friendly entry at their house. The crime scene was surveyed in detail and there was no forced entry inside the house. It appears that the sisters were murdered by someone who was friendly with them”, said police official.
District Crime Team scanned the crime spot and have lifted some chance prints which will be matched during the course of investigation. Sniffer dogs were pressed into service too. Some clues have been lifted from the spot and investigation has been launched to bring the killers to justice”, the official said.
Usha was retired as a music teacher from a college in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh whereas Asha was retired Librarian from Krishi Bhawan,” said the senior police official.
“We have registered a case. We are also looking for the CCTV footage in the area to identify the suspects and also to ascertain the motive behind the double murder. Neighbour said the sisters used to live alone in the flat and they seldom interacted with the locality people.
Movement of local security guards and other vendors who could have gained access to the flat of the septuagenarian sisters, the police official said adding that the relatives of the slain sisters were also being spoken to ascertain whether they were ever in any sort of dispute with any of them.