Woman among 4 arrested for robbing, killing senior citizen

Four persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly killing a 79-year-old woman while committing robbery at her residence here, police said Friday.

The incident had taken place on Tuesday night when a group of robbers sneaked into the residence of senior citizen Vasanta Lakshminarayan at Matunga in Central Mumbai, police had said.

They strangled her to death before decamping with ornaments worth Rs 7.5 lakh, they said.

The four suspects - Akbar Badshah Shekh (35), Sameera Akbar Shekh (the woman-34), Mohammad Hasan Patari (25) and Mohammad Ainul Haque (29) - residents of Dahravi and Mahim areas, were nabbed by the Shahu Nagar police, an official said.

The incident came to light when neighbours spotted Lakshminarayan lying motionless in her ground floor residence, the official said.

During investigation, the police zeroed in on the gang and caught its members from Central Mumbai, he said, adding further probe was underway.