Ex-Union Minister P Rangarajan Kumaramangalam’s wife found murdered

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 7

The Delhi Police today said Kitty Kumaramangalam, wife of late former Union Minister P Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, was found murdered at her home in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar. She was 67.

The police said they suspected robbery behind the killing and apprehended a 24-year-old washerman of the area, identified as Raju, in connection with the case.

The police said on the basis of their preliminary investigation, it was suspected that the washerman had come to the house around 9 pm on Tuesday night and when the house help opened the door, he overpowered her, dragged her to a room and restrained her.

Two other persons entered the house in the meantime and smothered the victim with a pillow, the police added. The maid later managed to untie herself and raised the alarm, they said, adding that opened briefcases were found at the crime scene, which suggested robbery.