Hindustan Times (Patiala)

Robbers hack elderly woman to death in posh Amritsar locality

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

: A 62-year-old woman was hacked to death allegedly by some unidentifi­ed robbers at her house situated in the C-Block of Ranjit Avenue locality in Amritsar on Tuesday night. Police said the incident took place at 7.30 pm when the victim, Savita Khurana, was alone at her home.

Ranjit Avenue station house officer (SHO) Jaspal Singh along with other police personnel reached the spot and started investigat­ing. “The woman was alone at her home when some unidentifi­ed persons entered the house and killed her with sharpedged weapons. Our preliminar­y investigat­ion suggests that the accused had killed the woman while attempting robbery,” the SHO said. He said they were examining the CCTV footages of the area to identify the accused. “We have registered a case under Section 302 (murder) and other relevant sections of the IPC against some unidentifi­ed persons. The victim’s son, Vishal Khurana is a shopkeeper and said when he came back home, he found his mother lying in a pool of blood. “Everything in our house was scattered. Robbers looted some valuables after killing my mother,” he said.

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