The incident took place at around 5.30 pm in the absence of the lady's husband and son, with whom she used to stay. The deceased has been identified as Kailashwati Jain.
"She was alone at home on the seventh storey of the Vallabh Apartments. The husband found her lying in a pool of blood when he returned around 6 PM. She was declared brought dead on being rushed to a nearby hospital," a police officer said.
Police, yet to make any arrests in the case, have procured the CCTV footage of the apartment.