11 August,2010 08:10 AM IST | | Imran Gowhar
Though robbery seems to be the motive, killers don't seem professional; cops are grilling victim's husband and kin
The police are suspecting Satish Gupta's involvement in his wife's murder. The reasons stated by a senior police officer are that Satish went for his morning walk wearing leather shoes despite having a number of pairs of sports shoes at home.
Instead of ringing the doorbell after reaching home, not wanting to disturb his wife, who used to do yoga at that time, Satish went to his office, got his home keys and opened the door and found her dead body.
If the motive behind her murder was robbery, thieves would not have left the gold chain, nose stud and ear rings that Priyanka was wearing at the time of her death.
In another violent incident in the city, a 27-year-old schoolteacher was found brutally murdered at her home last morning.
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The accused struck when the victim, Priyanka Gupta, was alone at home and her husband, a techie working for Infosys, out for morning walk.
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This is the fourth such incident in the city this year, where the culprits targeted women when no one else was at home.
According to the police, Priyanka's husband, Satish was out when two people came to his house in Hulimavu at 5.30 am.
They allegedly told Priyanka that they were selling subscriptions for a newspaper.
However, she grew suspicious and called Satish on his cellphone. He cautioned her not to open the door to anyone, a police officer said.
Around 6.30 am, when Satish returned home, he found the door locked and there was no answer after several knocks. He then called Priyanka on her cell, but she did not respond, the police said.
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Satish then went over to his parents' house in Venkateshwara Layout. He took his father's car and drove to his office, where he kept a duplicate set of his house keys.
When he returned home, he found Priyanka dead, bound to a chair, the complaint stated. There were strangulation marks on her neck and her throat had been slit.
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The police recovered a pair of gloves, leather jacket, jogging shoes, plastic rope and a kitchen knife from the house.
The police are not ruling out any angle.
Though robbery seemed to be the apparent motive, with Rs 2 lakh in cash and gold valuables missing from the house, the murder could have been the handiwork of someone who was known to the Guptas.
The police are also questioning Satish as well as the couple's relatives. The accused do not seem to be professional killers, the police said. The items recovered from Guptas' residence seemed new, police said.
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| Neighbours carry Gupta's body to Victoria Hospital |
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