Mumbai: Elderly woman found dead in Malad, cops launch probe

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The Malad police in Mumbai on Friday morning four a dead body of an elderly woman, suspected to have been killed by an unknown assailant who repeatedly struck her head against the wall of her home, a police official said.

Woman is believed to be aged 65 or older, an official said.

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During the investigation, the police found that the deceased woman was a beggar residing in a rented hut in Vitthal Nagar, behind "Bansi Vada Pav" in the Chincholi Bunder locality, where her body was found, the police sources said.

Locals noticed the woman's body on the floor and blood seeping from her head. They promptly alerted the Malad police.

Upon arriving at the crime scene, the police officials found that the woman had been fatally struck in the head with a hammer or against the house wall, evident from blood stains on the wall, sources said.

The Zone DCP of Mumbai Police and other senior staff from the Malad police station also visited the crime scene.

"A panchanama was conducted, and the body was sent for autopsy," an officer from the Malad police station said.

He said that the woman is yet to be identified. She is suspected to be a beggar, sustaining herself with food obtained from a nearby temple. She was last seen eating outside the temple the night before.

The hut where her body was discovered was rented, and she had been residing there for a few months.

A murder case has been registered against an unknown assailant, and investigations are underway, said the officer.