Robbers kill 62-yr-old woman in Jagadhri
A 62-year-old woman was killed by robbers at her house in Sector 18 of Jagadhri city of Yamunanagar district. The robbers also stole cash and jewellery amounting to Rs 91.73 lakh in the house.
The deceased was identified as Raj Bala, the mother of an Inspector in the Haryana Police, Nirmal Singh, who was posted as detective staff in Panchkula. Balinder Singh, husband of the deceased, in his complaint to the police said he was a lawyer at the Jagadhri court and had gone to the court on Monday. He said that his daughter-in-law, too, had gone out of the city for some work, which is why his wife was alone at home. He further said that when he and his daughter-in-law returned home at around 2 pm, the front doors of their house were shut.
“I called my wife’s phone several times, but there was no response. We entered the house from the back door as the front was locked. When my daughter-in-law went on the first floor of the house, she found her mother-in-law lying dead on the floor in front of the storeroom,” Balinder told the police.
He said that the doors of an almirah in the storeroom were open. “We had sold a plot for Rs 75 lakh in Kurukshetra, and the amount was kept in the almirah in cash, but it was missing when we got home,” the complainant told the police.
He said jewellery worth Rs 16.73 lakh was also missing.
As per the available information, on the directions of Superintendent of Police Rajiv Deswal, the district police have launched a probe into the crime by checking the CCTV cameras in the area and other evidence. SP Deswal told mediapersons that the victim was strangled using a dupatta.
After a post-mortem examination at the Civil Hospital in Yamunanagar, the body of Raj Bala was handed over to her kin today.
On the complaint of Balinder Singh, a case was registered against unknown persons under Sections 103 (1) (punishment for murder), 332 (a) (house trespass), and 309 (6) (robbery) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the police station, Sector 17 of Jagadhri.
