New Delhi, March 18: An elderly Sikh couple was strangled by an attendant, hired three days ago, in Northwest Delhi’s Kohat Enclave in Netaji Subhash Place area, a police official said on Tuesday. The caregiver, who allegedly committed the gruesome double murder for stealing the valuables, is on the run. Mohinder Singh who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and his wife Diljit Kaur, both around 70, were found strangled with a rubber water pipe in two separate rooms on the second floor of their ransacked house in the gated colony, said an official.

The colony CCTV footage has shown that the attendant left the house at 5.30 a.m. carrying a backpack that the cops suspect contained the looted valuables and cash. The family was affluent as it was engaged in the garments business, said a relative of the family. He said that the gold bangles that Diljit Kaur used to wear at all times were also missing and there were injury marks on her head. Delhi Shocker: Woman Hires 'Contract Killer' to Kill Husband Over Property Dispute, 1 Arrested.

The bodies were discovered around 10 a.m. on Tuesday by the victims’ daughter-in-law, who lives in another building nearby, when she went to enquire about their well-being, the police said. The driver of the couple had approached her stating that nobody was opening the door of the house despite him ringing the bell multiple times, the police said. The condition of the decayed bodies has raised a suspicion that the murders may have taken place on Sunday night, said a family member. Delhi Murder Case: Man Who Strangled Wife Over Suspicion of Infidelity Also Planned to Kill Her Friend, Say Police.

Chanpreet Singh, the victims’ son, said that they had hired a new night attendant for his father who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease. “The new attendant had been recommended by an earlier worker – referred by Maharaja Agrasen Hospital - who had performed the duties two month earlier, before taking a break,” he said. The police said the almirahs in the house were found broken open and some of the bags had also been cut open. “The family members are yet to assess the value of stolen items,” said an official.

Victim Mohinder Singh’s brother said that the attendant used to sleep in the same room with his brother and his sister-in-law used to sleep in a separate room. “We saw that the attendant’s bed was in my brother’s room, indicating that the incident may have taken place after all went to sleep,” he said, raising concern over deteriorating security in Delhi.

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