A 53-year-old fashion designer and her servant were found dead inside the former's residence in the national capital's Vasant Kunj area last night.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
The deceased have been identified as 53-yr-old Mala Lakhani and her 50-year-old servant Bahadur. The bodies have been sent for postmortem.
Lakhani, used to run a boutique in Green Park area here.
"All three accused have confessed to their crime. One of accused Rahul Anwar was a tailor at the deceased fashion designer's workshop. He committed the crime with two of his relatives in an attempt to loot," Joint Commissioner of Police (CP) Ajay Chaudhary said.
The crime scene has been preserved and the bodies were sent for a post-mortem examination, police said.
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