Maha Elderly couple stabbed to death in Thane district
Thane Jan 22 PTI An elderly couple was stabbed to death by unidentified persons in their house on a farm in Ganeshpuri town of Maharashtras Thane district police said on Saturday Jagannath Kalu Balu Patil 78 and his wife Satyabhama 70 were found brutally killed at their house in Pendharipada of Akloli on the outskirts of the town in the early hours of the day an official said The killings came to light when the couples maid arrived for work around 730 and when no one answered the door despite repeated knocking the door was broken down and the duo was found lying in a pool of blood he said According to the police the murders may have taken place in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday Some unidentified persons broke into the house and stabbed the duo several times and killed them the official said An offence under section 302 murder of the IPC has been registered with the Ganeshpuri police station and the bodies have been sent for post-mortem he said The police suspect that property dispute may be the motive behind the killings as no valuables were stolen from the house the official said As per preliminary reports the television in the house had been left on throughout the night and the couple may have been watching TV at the time of murder Patil was handicapped and had lost a leg to gangrene he said adding that gold ornaments on the deceased woman were intact while objects had been scattered in the entire house PTI COR ARU ARU
Thane Jan 22 PTI An elderly couple was stabbed to death by unidentified persons in their house on a farm in Ganeshpuri town of Maharashtras Thane district police said on Saturday Jagannath Kalu Balu Patil 78 and his wife Satyabhama 70 were found brutally killed at their house in Pendharipada of Akloli on the outskirts of the town in the early hours of the day an official said The killings came to light when the couples maid arrived for work around 730 and when no one answered the door despite repeated knocking the door was broken down and the duo was found lying in a pool of blood he said According to the police the murders may have taken place in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday Some unidentified persons broke into the house and stabbed the duo several times and killed them the official said An offence under section 302 murder of the IPC has been registered with the Ganeshpuri police station and the bodies have been sent for post-mortem he said The police suspect that property dispute may be the motive behind the killings as no valuables were stolen from the house the official said As per preliminary reports the television in the house had been left on throughout the night and the couple may have been watching TV at the time of murder Patil was handicapped and had lost a leg to gangrene he said adding that gold ornaments on the deceased woman were intact while objects had been scattered in the entire house PTI COR ARU ARU
