Mumbai: After 11 months, two arrested for killing 75-year-old woman in Versova

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After a long period of 11 months, Mumbai's DN Nagar police managed to arrest two persons for allegedly murdering 75-year-old Gulabi Narayan Shetty. Police officials scanned through footage of 250 CCTVs between Andheri and Bandra to nab the culprits.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the arrested accused, identified as Rashedul Johad Sheik (21) and Noorali Abdul Sattar (23), have several cases of house break-ins registered against them.

Last year on February 23, Shetty's daughter and another relative found her dead in her home. Shetty, who owned Chaitanya Hotel in Versova, lived alone in a house above the hotel. She also owned two shops and a room, all of which she had rented out. Shetty's daughter Manorama told cops that her husband had gone to visit Shetty at 4 pm on the day of the incident but she did not respond to his knock at the door, hence he left.

Later in the day at around 8 pm, Manorama and their relative Ramni visited the house and knocked at the door, however, the two did not get any response. The two then found that the door was open and found Shetty's body in the washroom with her legs, hands, throat, and face tied with a yellow sari.

Following a complaint by Shetty's daughter, DN Nagar police registered a case of murder and started investigating the case. The police scanned CCTV footage from nearby areas and narrowed down on two suspects from Bandra (West) with a criminal history. Police officers said that in one of the CCTV footage they saw two men entering Shetty's house and leaving with a bag after some time.

"But we could not identify them as they had covered their faces after noticing the CCTV camera present outside Versova police station. We tracked the two men till Infinity Mall, and then saw them entering a by-lane in Bandra, after which we could not trace them," a police officer said. Later, cops found out that the two accused stayed in the locality and kept a watch for them.

Abhishek Trimukhe, deputy commissioner of police, zone 9, said, "The accused did not return to their house for 11 months. But when they returned to their house late last night, we arrested them." Reacting to the news of the accused being arrested, Shetty's daughter Manorama said, "We deserve justice. The two killers should get maximum punishment."