Hyderabad: Domestic help, two others held for woman's murder

HYDERABAD: A domestic help and her paramour were arrested on Monday for the murder of an elderly woman in Chappal Bazar in Kacheguda.
Police also arrested the owner of the firm which provides domestic help services. He had assigned 45-year-old D Lakshmi to the victim’s house without obtaining her identity proof.
The victim, S Kamalamma (85), was smothered to death by Lakshmi on June 20.
“We identified Lakshmi leaving the victim's house in the early hours of June 20. Special teams tracked down Lakshmi and her lover Mahendar in Malakpet. We recovered 10 tola gold, Rs 26,000 cash, four saris and a cellphone from the accused,” Kacheguda ACP Sudhakar said.
Lakshmi killed the elderly woman within two days of joining work at the latter’s house. Police said after committing the murder and stealing valuables, Lakshmi met Mahendar at Old Malakpet and handed him over the stolen items.
S Satish Kumar, who runs Honem Care Service from Uppal and assigned Lakshmi to Kamalamma, was also arrested.
“Satish did not collect the address and ID proofs of the accused while employing her and assigning her to work at the victim’s house. Within two days after reporting for work, Lakshmi committed the murder,” the ACP said.
The accused were remanded in judicial custody.