Kolkata: A 73-year-old woman, who was alone at home Tallah at River Puja Night when her daughter and his son-in-law went to offer Puja, attacked by an unknown man, who hit his head with heavy objects and made of gold jewelry.
Padma Mondal has lived in Khelatbabu Lane’s house with her daughter, Nivedita, son-in-law, Sunil Shau, and grandchildren since the pandemic hit.
Their couples and children have gone to Shau’s ancestral house in Ultangga for Puja times and they returned around 8 in the morning on Friday, when they found a search house and Mondal lay bloody.
They admitted that he went to RG Kar Hospital in a critical condition.
‘Local police, along with the detective department’s anti-robbery unit, have started an investigation.
Loot seems to be a motive, but the police did not rule out planned attacks.
“The couple left home for Ultangga around 11pm, Thursday and Mondal retired sleep immediately after that,” police said.
“Mondal’s daughter has locked the main door from the outside because they are not sure Qutie when they will return and do not want to wake elderly women,” said CP together (crime) Murlidhar Sharma.
“Unknown accusations break the key and enter the house.
They attacked Mondal.
Some gold ornaments were lost.
Active investigation.” DCP (North) Joyeta Bose said they had collected CCTV recordings.
“The house was truly searched, showing the defendant was there to put their hands on something or just to loot,” he said.
Lalbazar was very concerned, given that the incident took place at night Diwali, when the streets had a police presence greater than usual.
“From what we had collected by talking to the locals and checking CCTV recordings, the incident seemed to have occurred between 12:45 a.m.
and 1.45 in the morning.
The defendant might look for an empty house and because it was locked from the outside, they entered, only To find someone at home.
The victim might have tried to hold allegations, which attacked him.
We waited for Mondal to recover a little and remember the incident to us.
It was also possible that the attackers realized he was alone at home and therefore, the attack was, “said an officer investigation.
Police plan to draw the defendant’s sketch, based on what Mondal can remember.
This is a fourth big crime against senior citizens in the city in the past month.
While two senior citizens were killed to benefit from Kankulia Road in mid-October, a 91-year-old woman was killed in Shakespeare’s apartment sarii, also to get.
Other senior citizens were injured in an effort to grab the Sinthee recently.