A couple has been strangulated in their Khar home and the motive seems to be robbery from initial reports. An eighty-plus-year-old couple living in an upmarket building in Khar West was strangulated to death at night, reports say, after their domestic help and her boyfriend tried to rob some ornaments from their home when one of them woke up, while they were in the process of stealing the ornaments. The thieves were afraid of being found out and killed the couple in that fear. The police have zeroed in on the maid and her boyfriend who have killed because they were in debt.

This tragic double murder shows how vulnerable the elderly still are. It makes us even more aware that our servants must be registered with their details and photograph at the nearest police station. Do inform the local police if you are a senior citizen or a senior couple living alone. In these days, when there is a crunch of caretakers and domestic help, people are apt to employ servants without too stringent background checks and also do not give their details to the local police. While checks can have loopholes, it is better to ask for references or within the building if people know about the servant you are going to employ.