JALANDHAR
The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police solved the blind murder case of an elderly woman in Mota Singh Nagar and arrested the migrant accused involved in the crime.
Commissioner of Police, Dhanpreet Kaur, said that the accused has been identified as Kartik Wallabh Reddy (21) , son of Raman Wallabh Reddy, a native of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Bheem Sein, a resident of Mota Singh Nagar, has complained to the police that he had gone to the market on May 1 and when he came back, found his wife, Vinod Kumari (69), murdered and her jewellery missing.
CP said the CIA Staff of Jalandhar Police, with the help of technical intelligence, CCTV footage, and reliable sources, tracked down the suspect.
She said that during interrogation, the suspect confessed that he had noticed an elderly man leaving the house, leaving the woman alone. Seizing the opportunity, he jumped the wall, entered the house, robbed the victim, and then murdered her before fleeing with the stolen jewellery and phone.
CP said a case under section 103(1) (murder) of the BNS was registered in police division number 6.