Gujarat: Woman murdered by her daughters, partner

AHMEDABAD: A 37-year-old woman was allegedly strangled by her partner and two teenage daughters in Amraiwadi in the early hours of Monday. While the daughters in question are 19 and 17 years old, the victim also had a two-year-old daughter with her partner, Girish Parmar.
Police sources said Ranjan Solanki had had a divorce and was in a relationship with Parmar for three and a half years. As Ranjan had many fights with Parmar and her daughters over money, they grew tired of her and wanted to get rid of her.
Senior police officials said Ranjan’s eldest daughter is married. “Ranjan had once gone to her husband and taken money from him. The man then left her as Ranjan was not returning the money. Thus Ranjan’s daughter was also living with her for the last four months.
According to police sources, about a week ago, Parmar and the two daughters decided to get rid of Ranjan. “They formed a plan according to which Parmar would leave the house on Sunday night and late in the night, when Ranjan was asleep, the older daughter would call Parmar and they would murder her,” said a police official.
According to the plan, Girish left the house on Sunday night saying he would return late. “Ranjan went to sleep at about midnight. At about 2am, the elder daughter called Parmar and told him that Ranjan was asleep. Parmar went to the house with a dupatta, and the three of them strangled her,” a police source said. As planned, the elder daughter called the police control room and told the cops that her mother had died. “Cops arrived at the spot and saw the three standing there and Ranjan lying dead on her bed. We thought something was fishy from the behaviour of the daughters. We questioned them and they broke down and confessed to having murdered Ranjan with Parmar’s help. We sent the three of them for Covid-19 tests before we formally arrest them,” said DCP, Zone 5, Ravi Teja.