Weight watch jogged her to death

Beena Dedhia was fatally stabbed by robbers, who stole her gold chain during morning jog

Beena Dedhia was fatally stabbed by robbers, who stole her gold chain during morning jog

Every morning over the last one month, Beena Dedhia (39), would wake up early and go for a walk with her husband Jitin (44).

Beena wanted to bring her weight under control and believed regular morning walks would help her.

But yesterday, when Beena and Jitin were walking on Sai Baba Road, Parel, at 5.45 am, she was stabbed to death by two men on a motorbike who tried to snatch her gold chain.

When the couple tried to stop them, one robber stabbed Beena in the stomach and the other man hit Jitin with a sharp weapon. A neighbour of the Dedhias said, "Beena had started her morning walks just a month ago to lose weight."

Jitin dedhia injured in attack by robbres

Funeral of Beena dedhia who was died in robbers attack in early morning whiile morning walk at Parel

3 such cases

According to eyewitness Sudhakar Panduskar, "I was walking a few metres away from them.

When I was on the bridge parallel to the Sai Baba Road, I heard the man [Jitin]u00a0 shout for help. When I reached the spot, a car had stopped to help. I've heard of three similar cases in the area, but no one was killed."
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The couple was taken to KEM Hospital in the car, but Beena was declared dead on arrival.
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Sai Baba Road is 500 m from the Dedhias' home. Seni-or Inspector R B Poman of the Kalachowkie police station said, "The robbers took the gold chain worth Rs 13,000 and Rs 3,000 in cash from Jitin's wallet. A cellphone is also missing."

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The number of chain snatching incidents in Mumbai in 2009. All the cases have been solved