97-year-old woman’s murder: Chandigarh police yet to make any breakthrough

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 8

While the UT police are yet to make any breakthrough in the murder of a 97-year-old woman at her house in Sector 8 here, today they verified the route that the victim’s daughter-in-law took while on her way to a gurdwara on the day of the incident.

Joginder Kaur was found dead at her house on Friday evening. Her throat was slit with a knife.

The victim’s daughter-in-law, who stays separately in one portion of the house, had told the police that she had gone to a gurdwara at the time of the incident, following which they verified the route taken by her.

Meanwhile, the police also checked the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area.

A police official said they were working on various theories and verifying the facts. Various persons were being questioned in the case.