Woman, her live-in partner arrested in triple murder in Vasant Vihar

New Delhi A 42yearold woman and her livein partner were arrested for allegedly killing an elderly couple and their nursing attendant in southwest Delhis Vasant Vihar area on Wednesday The accused duo Preeti Sehrawat and Manoj Bhat 39 were nabbed from Gurugaon they saidThe bodies of the elderly couple Vishnu Mathur 78 and Shashi Mathur 75 and their nursing attendant Khushbu Nautiyal 24 were found with their throats slit on Sunday morning According to police the accused duo knew the family and Preeti was a close family friend of the coupleHer father was also a colleague of one of the deceased They were killed with an intention of robbery a senior police officer said Earlier police suspected that the killings were executed by someone close to the nursing attendant and had ruled out the robbery bid However interrogation of the accused duo revealed that the killings were executed to rob the Mathurs Further investigations are currently underway police saidEdited by midday online desk with inputs from PTITop news stories of the dayThe Dutch mystery Missing man kept texting wifes friends after she diedInformation about Avdhut Shinde who is missing since the mysterious death of his wife Sharmila in the Netherlands doesnt cease to bemuse the couples acquaintances and the police Sharmilas friends now say Avdhut was chatting with them over Whatsapp after her death in an attempt to pretend everything was normal Read full storyMumbai Student falls off local train after phone thief hits him with iron rodA 23yearold student is battling for life after he was allegedly attacked with an iron rod by a robber who snatched his mobile phone while he was on a moving train between Goregaon and Ram Mandir railway station on Monday morning Read full storyBEST bus fares reduced minimum fare down to Rs 5After going back and forth on the issue of reducing the minimum fare for buses the BEST Committee has finally decided to make the base charge Rs 5 The proposal will first be sent to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC and then to the Metropolitan Regional Transport Authority for approvals a process that would take less than a month As per the new fare structure price of tickets for regular buses will range from Rs 5 to Rs 20 and for AC buses from Rs 6 to Rs 25 Read full storySex toys in Mumbai The pleasure is all yours so whats the fuss aboutIn stark contrast to the hushhush tones of conversations concerning sex south Mumbais Fort area sees an audacious sale of sex toys complete with prominent displays Motorised and nonmotorised toys adorn the footpath stalls right opposite a court A visit by team midday to this area confirmed the rampant sale of sex toys there The vendors claim to have been selling these banned products for the past 40 years Read full storyMumbai bikers Leh death exposes regulation lapseOn June 21 57yearold Jojy Cherian who was in Kargil on a motorcycle trip sent a message at 653am to his son Rohan back in Navi Mumbai that he would soon be in a nonetwork area and that he was headed to Leh Seventeen hours later his family received news of his death in a road accident there The incident that shook Rohan and his mother Jessy has also raised questions on the unorganised twowheeler expeditions to LehLadakh which are turning out to be more a ruthless business and less an adventure sport Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates