Mumbai horror: Elderly housekeeper brutally beaten to death by employers
Over the weekend, a 70-year-old housekeeper was brutally thrashed to death by his employers after he was caught allegedly molesting their minor daughter, police said.
The lifeless body of the elderly housekeeper was than dumped in Mankhurd. As maintained by police, the deceased domestic help had started working at the couple's residence eight days before the horrifying incident occurred.
In line with the police, both the deseased victims and the accused couple hails from Bihar and knew one another’s familes. The elderly housekeeper allegedly touched the couple's sleeping daughter inappropriately around 10 pm on Saturday, the police said. When she called for help, the couple rushed to her room and saw the man present there.
According to a Senior police inspector Dattatray Khade, the husband started assaulting the elderly housekeeper with a belt and a bamboo stick.
The elderly man fell unconscious during the assault and the couple realized that he was not breathing. For this reason, the couple decided to escape by dumping his dead body at Mankhurd link road near Saate Nagar, police said.
A local resident found the dead body early in the morning and alerted the police. The body was immediately sent to Rajawadi Hospital.
As the deceased's dead body was unidentified, police circulated the image on Whatsapp, and his son-in-law came forward and recognised him.
Initially, the police had registered an accidental death report however on request of the locals, the body was sent for autopsy which divulged that many bones of the victim's body were broken and had also suffered internal bleeding.
As per the police, the deceased victim has been identified as Mohammad Ismat and an investigation was launched by registering an FIR.
Mankhurd Police set up five teams for searching and arresting the accused. Two of the police teams were sent to their house but the accused couple had already fled. They were making an attempt to go to Patna. Immediately after the Mankhurd police got the information, the police took the accused husband along with his wife into their custody from Chembur on Monday.
As maintained by the cops, both the accused confessed their crime and alleged that the elderly man who was killed used to molest their daughter. However, the police did not come across any such indication in the time of interrogation of the neighbours.
The accused couple has been remanded in police custody till 10th January.
