Jaipur: 75-year-old killed, limbs chopped for jewellery

JAIPUR: A 75-year-old woman was killed in Bagru police station area here on Sunday afternoon. The killer slit her throat and then chopped off her hands and feet to take out the jewellery that she was wearing. The victim was a widow who lived alone. Police arrested the victim’s neighbour within 12 hours of the murder.
The victim was identified as Prahbati Devi while the alleged killer was identified as 45-year-old Laxman Regar. Bagru SHO Brij Bhushan said, “We received information that the victim stayed alone at her house and was found by her family members when they went to her residence. She was found dead in a cot. Her throat had been slit with a sharp weapon and jewellery that she was wearing were missing. It seemed that while the killer could easily take off the earrings as well as the gold chain around her neck, the accused could not do so with the bangles and anklets because of which he chopped them off.”
After finding the body, a police team was constituted to hunt down the killer. Police started questioning the neighbours and activated their informants. Finally they received information about Regar who knew that the victim stayed alone and had cash and jewellery.
On Monday, cops brought in Regar for questioning and he confessed to the murder. “We interrogated him and he admitted to killing the senior citizen. On Sunday, when he saw that no one was out of their homes, he entered Prahbati Devi’s house and asked her for money. When she refused, he pushed her on the cot, slit her throat, tied her limbs with rope before chopping them off. He claimed that he was in dire need of money because of which he committed the crime,” added the official.