PANAJI: The two sisters, both senior citizens, were killed by unknown strikers who got into the first floor of Kamat Residency, Ponda, where the siblings remained.
The deceased was identified as the Mangala Tulshidas Kamat, 76, and Jeevan Venkatesh Kamat, 68.
Police said that they were checking all angles to explore the motives of murder and set the attacker’s identity.
The sources of the police said that the incident was revealed when one of the mangala sons, who lived on the second floor of the same building as his family, went to visit his mother as his routine.
The two women were found lying in a pool of blood, leading the police to suspect that heavy objects were used to kill them.
Police Ponda, who was investigating this case, said that Postmortem would reveal the cause of death.
The source said that the two sisters lived together in flats for more than 20 years.
The Sisters of Kamaty came from Dhavali, Ponda.
Goa South SP Pankaj Kumar Singh, who visited the crime scene, said that there were no signs of “forced entry” into the flats by the defendant.
It has led the police to suspect that the defendant was known to die.
“We are exploring and checking cases from all angles, including if there is a family dispute.
We are checking everyone – family members, relatives, friends, and acquaintances who die,” said Singh.
Ponda Pi Mohan Gaude said that the crime motive was murder.
The defendant did not touch valuables in the flats, including the gold worn by the deceased.
The police call the services of the dog squad and forensic expert.
The sniffer dog follows the path to a star hotel around 50 m away and returns.
However, the forensic team was investigating at the crime scene until late at night.
The area known as ‘supermarket’ is known to be quite busy, and the shop owner around the building expressed a surprise about how the attacker dared to commit a crime.
The building also has lodging facilities, and people visit the building continuously.
The two bodies have been sent for conservation to Mourtuary of Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, for autopsy that might be done on Sundays.
The police have also obtained video recordings from the supervisory camera installed in nearby business places in an effort to get instructions in this case.
Earlier this year, on March 8, two senior residents – Miguel Miranda, 62, and his mother-in-law, Catarina Pinto, 85 – was brutally killed by attackers in their homes in Ambaji, Fatorda.
The police broke this case with the arrest of three migrant workers who lived in a room behind Miranda’s house.
They were arrested on Dadar, Mumbai, with the help of Mumbai police just when they prepared to take the train to Jharkhand.
The proportion of senior citizens of Goa is one of the highest in India, with 11.6% of the population of more than 60 years.
The police maintained that they had various steps placed to ensure the safety and security of the elderly population of the country.
Singh previously told Ti that the police maintained a record of parents who lived alone with the help of the police and the welfare group of citizens.
According to the system, every week, defeating police personnel visiting these senior citizens to examine their welfare, and in certain cases, defeating the police also visited the elderly who lived with their families.
The maintenance and welfare of the cave of the parents and the rules of senior citizens, 2009, the mandate that each police station maintained a list of senior-lived senior citizens, where representatives of the police station along with social workers or volunteers visited them in “regular intervals at least once a month “.
Goa: Sister Senior Citizens Killed in Ponda
