Nagpur: In a blood-chilling incident, two girls murdered their maternal grandmother and then committed robbery to steal her money in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, recently. The authorities have arrested the accused from Nagpur and also recovered the looted items.
Atinder Shahni, a resident of Kuber Apartment in Purai which falls under the jurisdiction of Utai Police Station in Chhattisgarh was murdered by unidentified individuals who then took her possessions. Her decomposed body was discovered by the cops who broke the door and entered the place after which a case was filed and an investigation commenced.
Meanwhile, the police learned that her daughter lives in Nagpur and her granddaughters had demanded money from the victim. They even threatened to kill the elderly woman if she did not comply. The cops then left for Nagpur and were misled by the accused initially but confessed to the crime after the police subjected them to intense interrogation.
The probe revealed that the two girls reached Durg station from Nagpur via Chhattisgarh Express on July 24. They then arrived at Atinder Shahni’s house in an auto and knocked at the door. The deceased opened it and her elder granddaughter used her hand to shut her mouth with the help of her minor sister.
They then tied the woman’s hands and feet with their dupatta, pressed a pillow on her mouth, hit her on the head with a steel water bottle and killed her. Afterwards, they snatched the jewellery from her body along with cash, mobile and documents which were kept in the almirah. The duo then fled on their grandmother’s scooter to Rajnandgaon where they put the two-wheeler on a bus and reached Nagpur. They parked the vehicle near the railway tracks and returned home.
Patan SDPO (Sub Divisional Police Officer) stated that an investigation was conducted after registering a case and both the accused sisters were taken into custody.
