Hyderabad: The North Zone police arrested caretaker Niradi Arun who had killed an elderly woman at her home and made away with jewellery. Police also arrested his girlfriend and mother for helping him.
Arun had been sent by Sudha Home Care Centre to Sulochana Rani’s house in Jupiter Colony to care for her bed-ridden husband. He killed Sulochana Rani and made off with 60 grams of gold jewllery, 10 gram silver and mobiles.
His girlfriend Macharla Saraswathi, 30, and mother Niradi Rajamani, 56.
Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar said Saraswathi had helped Arun in the murder.
Mr Anjani Kumar said the duo reached Sulochani Rani’s house at about 7.30 pm on May 19. Saraswathi went upstairs and waited on the rooftop.
“At about 10.30 pm, when Sulochana was asleep, Arun called in Saraswathi, and the two together smothered her,” he said.
Saraswathi got a knife from the kitchen and gave it to Arun who slit Sulochana’s throat,” he said.
The incident came to light when the couple’s son who stays at another house came to see them in the morning. The Trimulgherry police booked a case of murder and took up investigations. The dog squad and CLUES team could not get enough clues.
On Saturday, acting on a tip off, sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force, North Zone team, apprehended the three while they were trying to dispose of the stolen property.
