Mumbai: A 78-year-old woman was murdered in Bandra East, and the police solved the case within 24 hours by arresting the accused from Thane. The victim, identified as Saubhagyamma Kathimyunar, a resident of Dharavi, was found unconscious on a footpath near an RNA building in Bandra East on April 27. She was rushed to Sion Hospital, where doctors declared her dead before admission.
Initially, the police registered the case as an accidental death. However, the post-mortem report revealed that the woman was strangled and assaulted with a blunt object, leading to the registration of a murder case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
During the investigation, police examined CCTV footage and tracked a suspect seen near the crime scene. The accused, identified as Bhanudas Vitthal Kamble, 44, was later arrested from Thane.
The incident occurred on the night of April 26. The accused had come to Bandra for a function and was urinating on the roadside when the elderly woman objected and abused him. Enraged, he picked up a brick and hit her on the head. When she continued shouting, he strangled her, killing her on the spot.
Police said the accused later fled the scene but was traced using CCTV footage and local intelligence inputs. He confessed to the crime and is currently in police custody.
