Hyderabad, July 21: Robbers struck on the city outskirts killing a woman and grievously injuring her husband at Kandukur in the wee hours on Monday.
It is suspected that the robbers entered the house assuming that the inmates were not present as one door was locked from outside. The couple’s oldest daughter, eight-year-old daughter Chandana, was the lone witness to the brutal attack on her parents. The robbers could only manage to lay their hands on a four-tola gold ornament in the house. The woman, T Manga (30), was killed when the robbers faced resistance while her husband, Anjaiah, suffered severe injuries. The couple live in an isolated place on the outskirts of Saraswathigudem village in Kandukur mandal along with their three daughters, Chandana, Nikitha and Spandana.
“The house has two doors and the couple used to keep the southern side door of the house locked,” police said.
Two unidentified robbers broke open the lock with the help of a handle bar of a plough from the nearby agricultural fields.
“The miscreants entered the house and encountered the couple who woke up on hearing the noise.
Anjaiah tried to resist the intruders but they attacked him with the wooden plough bar,” police said.
Manga who rushed to the rescue of her husband was hit on her head with the wooden plough bar. Manga died instantly.
“The couple’s daughter, Chandana, woke up to the noise and found her parents being beaten up by the intruders. They however did not cause any harm to the children,” police said.
After the couple collapsed, the robbers took the four-tola mangalsutra from Manga’s body. No other article in the house was touched by the robbers. Around 7 am on Monday, Chandana dared to venture out of the house and rushed to her grandmother, Anajamma’s house who resides at some distance from their house in the same village.
Anjamma and the other villagers rushed to the house and found Manga dead and shifted Anjaiah to a hospital. Anjaiah is presently recovering in a corporate hospital in the city. Police suspect the involvement of migrant labours who came for livelihood and set up temporary houses on the village outskirts.
–Agencies–