Housewife strangled to death by robbers

HYDERABAD:  A 40-year-old housewife was found murdered at her residence in Golconda in the city early on Wednesday morning and 7.5 tolas of gold worth Rs 1.50 lakh was found missing.  “We suspect that a few unidentified persons who came to her house for theft murdered her,” said Mohammed Yousuf, sub-inspector of Golconda. Around 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday, a few persons entered the house of Gouri Shanker and Rita Devi Shukla. Rita was asleep in the bedroom at the time while Gouri Shanker was sleeping with their child Dheeraj Shukla in the main hall of the house. The robbers killed Rita by squeezing her throat with a lungi and fled away with 7.5 tolas gold,” he added. The SI said that the couple are in the milk business. Gouri Shankar went to collect milk around 4 a.m and Dheeraj who went to the bedroom found Rita dead. Later, they alerted the policeThe deceased was shifted to the Osmania General Hospital for autopsy and Golconda police registered a case under section 302 (murder). Investigation is on.