Domestic help, her husband arrested for robbing, killing employer in Delhi

A 25yearold domestic help and her husband were arrested for allegedly robbing and killing her former elderly employer in south Delhis Amar Colony area police said on ThursdayThe accused have been identified as Rani and Yogesh Kumar Arora 31 both residents of Chattarpur Enclave PartII they saidAccording to police the accused were in need of money and hatched the plan to rob the womanThe matter came to light Tuesday when someone informed police about a woman lying unconscious on the first floor of a flat in Amar ColonyPolice rushed to the spot and found Kulwant Kaur 75 unconscious in her flat She was taken to hospital where she was declared brought dead a senior police officer saidFrom the nature of injuries police concluded jewellery items were forcefully removed from her body There were injury marks over the womans neck and ears police saidThe entry was friendly as there was no damage to the gates and windows they saidAlso Read Police ban flying of drones other objects know 10 facts about the prohibitionDuring investigation it was revealed that Rani who used to work in their house around 15 years ago had recently visited the house and met the woman Kaur had also informed her daughters about Ranis visit police saidShamina the current maid told police that Ranis number was written on a piece of paper and kept somewhere in the house Police searched the house and retrieved the piece of paper with her number the officer saidLater Rani and her husband Arora were apprehended from Chattarpur Enclave PhaseII Special Commissioner of Police Law and Order Sagar Preet Hooda saidPolice recovered two gold bangles one gold ring one pistol with two live cartridges and 83 liquor bottles from the house Two separate cases of Excise Act and Arms Act have also been registered Hooda saidThe accused revealed that they were in dire need of money as Arora earned Rs 7000 from a shop which was not enough for the lifestyle they wanted they saidRani was working as a maid in west Delhi and is on one month leave police saidThey also confessed to have planned Kaurs murder after Ranis visit to her house on SundayDuring her visit Rani observed that the woman was living alone and feeling lonely and out of sorts after the marriage of all three daughters they saidAccording to police the accused entered the house of the victim allegedly strangled her and escaped with the valuables Post mortem report is awaited for the exact cause of the deathRani came to Delhi a long time ago and had started working as a maidShe had reportedly worked at the victims house for four yearsThe accused further said that she had won Kaurs confidence and she was very happy when she visited her on Sunday and Tuesday police saidArora is presently unemployed He was running a small restaurant but during the pandemic he closed it and rented his shop they addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever