HYDERABAD: A 75-year-old widow was killed by her tenant, a software engineer, in Kanajiguda of Alwal on Wednesday.
Police found the body in the bathroom of the tenant’s house late on Wednesday night.
The accused strangled the victim and sold her gold bangles.
According to Alwal inspector A Gangadhar, the victim, D Mangathayaru, lived alone on the first floor of her three-storeyed building in Kanajiguda while the three tenant families stayed in the other portions of the building.
“Mangathayaru’s daughter lives nearby and her two sons have jobs in Delhi and USA.
As Mangathayaru was not answering her phone, family members contacted police and at 11.30 pm, Alwal police constables went to her house.
The victim’s flat was locked from outside and we forcibly opened the door.
As she was not in the flat, our team checked the flats of the tenants and we found Mangathayaru’s body in the bathroom of tenant Rajesh’s flat,” the inspector said.
Rajesh told police that he had no idea how the victim’s body was in his flat.
The police took him into custody and during interrogation, he confessed to having strangled her to death with a cable wire and stealing her four bangles.
“Rajesh’s wife went to her parents’ house a week ago.
We suspect that he called the victim to his flat and killed her.
Rajesh’s answers were incoherent and we suspect he has financial issues.
Rajesh said that he sold the bangles in Medchal,” the inspector said.