Senior citizen killed

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- Parinda Bureau, December 19, 2005, 10:30 IST

One Laxmibai Narayankar (69) staying alone in a Bungalow at Model Town, Mulund west was found murdered on Saturday night. The body was found by her daughter with her throat slit.

Preliminary reports indicate robbery to be the motive. Gold ornaments worth Rs.37,500 were found missing.. The police have not ruled out the possibility of it being an inside job. Model Town colony consisting of primarily bungalows has good security arrangements. The police is trying to determine if the victim had any visitors on Saturday.

The victim's daughter, Meena Ramesh (43), is the complainant in the case. Meena Ramesh, residing at Korakhairane came to the came to her mother's home on Saturday evening. On finding no response to her repeated door bells, she tried calling from outside and then got in touch with her brother who lives in Chembur. With the aid of a duplicate key, she entered the house, to find her mother in a pool of blood in the toilet. Her throat had been split with a knife and the cupboards ransacked. The police will be questioning the domestic servants and watchmen and have taken fingerprints from the scene.