Elderly woman found dead with throat slit in Delhi's Sarita Vihar, murder case registered

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NEW DELHI: A 73-year-old woman was found dead with her throat slit at her house in southeast Delhi's Sarita Vihar locality on Saturday.

The deceased woman was identified as Sarita Pandey.

She lived with her husband. Her son, daughter and grandson live nearby, a senior police officer said. 

The deceased's husband had gone out and when he returned home at around 6.30 PM, he found his wife's body on the sofa with her throat slit, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said.

During the preliminary investigation, it was found that the house had not been ransacked and there was no forced entry, he said.

Delhi: Body of a 73-year-old woman, with her throat slit, was found at her house in Sarita Vihar Pocket L yesterday. No evidence of ransacking the house was found. Police have registered a murder case and an investigation is underway. pic.twitter.com/hHiqlab79G — ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2018

A murder case has been registered at Sarita Vihar police station and an investigation is underway, the police said.

Several teams have been formed to look for clues and they are probing all angles to ascertain the sequence of events, they said.