Senior citizen’s murder: Police forms 10 teams

New Delhi: The Delhi police has formed 10 teams to track the killers of an elderly woman, who was found dead in Shalimar Bagh on Friday.

Continuing their probe into the alleged murder case of 70-year-old Rajrani, who was found murdered with her throat slit in her house in Shalimar Bagh, a police team has retrieved CCTV footage of the same where the murderers can be seen clearly. Nearly 24 hours after the murder came to light, the city police is yet to achieve a breakthrough into the same.

Suspected as murdered for gain, Rajrani was living alone on the ground floor of her house. On Friday evening, at about 4.30 pm, the nephew of the elderly citizen allegedly found her murdered.

A police official said that based on the CCTV footage, where a plumber is seen walking out of the house, police teams have been formed to nab the murderer. Photos of the man have been circulated for the identification of the accused. The probe team is also questioning the neighbours.

With the cold-blooded murder of another senior citizen, the national capital has yet again proved to be an unsafe city for senior citizens. According to Delhi police data, around 122 cases related to crimes against senior citizens were reported in the city, which included 24 cases of murder of elderly persons; three cases of attempt to murder’ and 59 cases of robbery in 2017.

The Delhi police claim-ed to have solved 91 criminal cases, which include 21 cases of murder; three cases of attempt to murder; and 40 cases of robbery. Last year, the city police conducted 30,838 security audits while beat officers visited 5,58,587 senior citizens and contacted 3,92,328 senior citizens. More than 400 cases of murder were reported in 2017, while 2016 witnessed more than 500 murder cases. The number of robberies reported in 2017 was 4,585 while 2,833 murders were reported in 2016.