Sohna woman's killing planned, say Ggm police
Gurugram, Oct. 18 -- A day after a 37-year-old woman was found murdered in the bathroom of her home in Sohna's Daulah village, police on Saturday said they suspect the killing was pre-planned and that the house was deliberately ransacked to make it appear like a burglary and mislead investigators.
The woman was found lying motionless in the bathroom on Friday, with her hands and legs tied and her mouth and nose covered with layers of masking tape. She was later declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
Police initially suspected burglary as the house had been ransacked, but investigators said they had found no evidence that valuables had been stolen.
Police said the woman was alone at home when two suspects entered the house between 10am and 11am on Friday. Her husband, a schoolteacher, and their three children had left home by 8am. The family rushed back around 3pm after a relative visited the house and found the door open and the house ransacked and informed him.
Mukesh Yadav, assistant commissioner of police, Sohna, said a pair of silver anklets, a gold locket and a finger ring were found on the woman's body.
"Had the suspects arrived with the intention of burgling the house, they would have taken away her personal jewellery too. The family went through the valuables at home and informed us that nothing was found missing. This again indicates that the ransacking was staged," he said.
Yadav said police footage from CCTV cameras in the vicinity showed three suspects arriving on a motorcycle on Friday morning. "Two of them entered the woman's home while the third one stood near the bike. The suspects remained indoors for almost 30 minutes. They called up the third man who brought the motorcycle around to the woman's home and they fled," he said.
Police said four crime branch teams and two district police teams have been formed to trace and arrest the three suspects.
Yadav said investigators had not ruled out the husband's involvement. A medical board conducted the autopsy on Saturday, following which the body was handed over to the family. "Once autopsy report arrives, it will be clear if she was sexually assaulted and also the cause of death," Yadav said....
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