Police rule out robbery motive in 97-yr-old woman’s murder

Chandigarh, August 7

A day after the murder of a 97-year-old woman at her house in Sector 8 here on Friday, the police today ruled out the robbery angle in the case.

The police said the jewellery on the body of the deceased was found intact and no loss of cash or valuables was reported till now, although victim Joginder Kaur’s throat was slit and the house ransacked.

Cops are also probing the case from the property dispute angle. The police today questioned Surender Kaur, the daughter-in-law of the deceased, and verified the facts of the case from the domestic helps Bharat and Bhavna. The police are scanning the CCTV footage and verifying the statements of the daughter-in-law, domestic helps and one more suspect.

The victim used to stay alone and had a strained relationship with her daughter-in-law. The body was shifted to the GMSH. The autopsy will be conducted after taking the consent of the deceased’s children, who are arriving from abroad. — TNS