Uttar Pradesh: Neighbour kills elderly woman in Lucknow, buries body in courtyard

Lucknow murder: “The police found footage in which the woman was seen going towards the house of the suspect,” said the DCP.

Lucknow murder: An elderly woman was murdered by her neighbour who buried the body in the courtyard at his house in Lucknow. The woman’s family members had lodged a missing report with the police on Monday (June 12).

DCP North Zone, Qasim Abidi said the family members of the victim suspected their neighbour Mohammed Qasim who was interrogated by the police over the woman’s disappearance. Police sources said the suspect initially cooked up stories, but later confessed that he had killed the woman.

“The police found footage in which the woman was seen going towards the house of the suspect,” said the DCP.

The body was exhumed from the house of the suspect and the autopsy revealed that the woman had a head injury. The suspect used to address the deceased as ‘sister’. The alleged accused has been arrested but the motive behind the crime is not yet known.

(With IANS inputs)

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