05 June,2011 07:14 AM IST | | Sayed Roshan
The police suspect the domestic help and her husband because she had not reported to work for the last four days and her husband was involved in a robbery case
Theu00a0Mumbai police along with the crime branch have formed three teams to investigate the case of the gruesome murder of a 55 year-old woman and her three year-old granddaughter in their Sion-Koliwada home on Friday. At the time of going to print, the police were questioning Pushpa, who worked as a domestic help at the house of the victims, and her husband Chinglya. They are being suspected because Pushpa had not reported to work for the last four days and her husband has a robbery case registered against him at the Antop Hill police station.
Policemen at the crime scene.
Senior Police Inspector D Deokar said, "We have called the maid and her husband for questioning. We are also talking to people who knew the couple," adding that robbery seemed to be the motive behind the killing. On Friday, Vaishnavi Raikar (3) and Ranjana Nagorkar (55) were found at their residence in Indranagar Co-operative society, Sion-Koliwada, with their throats slit. Jewellery worth Rs 3.6u00a0 lakh and cash worth Rs 4,000 was found missing.
When asked about the questioning of Pushpa and Chinglya, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said, "It's a sensitive case and we can't reveal much now." The bodies of the deceased came to light on Friday at 7 pm, when Sheetal Raikar (31), mother of Vaishnavi, returned from work to home. When no one opened the door for her, Sheetal asked neighbors for help. A neighbour climbed a ladder and saw bloodstains on the wall through a window. They then broke into the house to find the dead bodies, which were sent for postmortem to Sion hospital.
"It was shocking to see the blood all over the place. How can they kill a three year old child?" asked a relative of the victim. The other members of the Raikar family could not be contacted as they were cremating the dead bodies, at the time of going to print.
Crime scene
ON Friday, Vaishnavi Raikar (3) and Ranjana Nagorkar (55) were found at their residence in Indranagar Co-operative society, Sion-Koliwada, with their throats slit. Jewellery worth Rs 3.6 lakh and cash worth Rs 4,000 were found missing.u00a0Mumbai police and crime branch have formed three teams to investigate the matter.
Police are questioning Pushpa, who worked as a domestic help at the house of the victims, and her husband Chinglya. Pushpa had not reported to work for the last four days and her husband has a robbery case registered against him . The bodies of the deceased were discovered on Friday at 7 pm, when Vaishnavi's mother returned home.
