Police Suspect House-Help…
Mumbai: On Tuesday, a 63-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death in Maharashtra's Mumbai, police said.
According to official reports, the victim, identified as Jyoti Shah, was found dead inside her aparin in the Nepean Sea Road area of South Mumbai.
Police said that they were checking the CCTV footage of the building, adding that they suspect the involvement of the victim's newly recruited house help in the crime.
The Malabar Hill police have registered an FIR in the matter under section 302 of the IPC; and initiated a probe into the same.
As per the information given by police, the victim lived with her husband, Mukesh Shah, who owns a jewellery shop in Mumbai.
"The house help was recently recruited and now is reportedly missing since the time of the incident," they added.
More details are yet to come.
Edited By: Arusha Farooq
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