Elderly couple found murdered in their home in Delhi’s Gokalpuri area

PTI

New Delhi, April 10

An elderly couple was found dead with their throats slit at their residence in northeast Delhi's Gokalpuri area on Monday morning, police said.

Radhey Shyam Verma (72) and his wife Veena's (68) house was also found ransacked, Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast), Joy Tirkey, said.

While the elderly couple were living on the ground floor of the house, their son Ravi Rattan along with his wife and six-year-old son was living on the first floor.

Radhey Shyam had retired as vice-principal of a Delhi government school, Karol Bagh. The family has been living in the house for the last 38 years, the DCP said.

Some jewellery and Rs 4.5 lakh are missing from the house, police said.

Radhey Shyam had recently taken Rs 5 lakh as advance to sell the rear portion of the house, Tirkey said.

Rattan had last seen his parents at 10:30 pm on Sunday night.

Meanwhile, hearing the news of her uncle and aunt's murder, Sati Gautam along with her husband reached from Shankar Vihar.

"Soon after I woke up, I received a call from my elder sister in Kanpur informing that mausaji and mausi have been murdered. I was shocked to hear and could not believe that something so gruesome could happen to them," she said.

Recalling her last meeting with the elderly couple, she said, "Our grandmother had sustained burn injuries in an accident five months ago and it was during then that I and my mausi had gone to Safdarjung hospital to meet my grandmother..I didn't ever imagine that it would be our last meeting." Talking about her aunt's family, she said, "When we reached, we were not allowed inside by house. Police had sealed the scene of crime but we saw the bodies when police were taking it to the hospital. As per what we are told, some of the jewellery and cash worth approximately Rs 5 lakh is also missing from the house.

"I could not speak to Ravi...What could he even say? He has lost his parents and was not in a state of mind to speak..," she added.

Police are looking through CCTV cameras installed in and around the area as part of investigation to corroborate evidence.   

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