Hyderabad, June 3 -- A 45-year-old caretaker was arrested by Tolichowki police on Tuesday, June 2, for allegedly assaulting his elderly woman patient and stealing two phones from the house.

The accused has been identified as Punna Kumara Swamy, originally hailing from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. Swamy has previously been involved in three criminal cases and had been given a five-year jail sentence in 2017 for harassing his wife to the point of suicide, police stated in a release.

In the present case, Swamy had been hired as a caretaker for an elderly couple living at Aditya Nagar, Tolichowki, through Shyam Home Care services.

On May 31, Swamy followed 77-year-old Asha Saxena to her room and wrapped a bed sheet around her neck. When she...