Elderly woman murdered by dacoits

A 67-years-old woman was allegedly murdered by a gang of dacoits in the wee hours today, who later decamped with valuables, including gold ornaments, police said.
The incident came to light this morning when the woman's son came home after his night duty, investigating officer Sanjay Bankar said.
"Some unidentified thieves attacked the victim Surajbai Mahajan when she was alone at her home in Manishanagar area here. They hit her head with a big stone on head and then decamped with one kilo silver, gold ornaments and cash," he said.
The body was sent for post-mortem to Government Medical College and Hospital.

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The woman said she felt the man's intentions were to

sexually assault her, as he did not try to steal any of her belongings.
"I feel this because I had a bag, purse and mobile with me and he did not target it. I think his intention was to sexually assault me," she said.
Asked about police response, she said police asked her to file a case, but the owners of her paying guest suggested against it, saying it may cause problems for her.
"I think they did that fearing bad name for their PG," she said.
Police said they have obtained the CCTV footage, and would nab the culprit soon.

DCP (South) Lokesh Kumar said he only got to know about the incident after it was reported in a TV channel, adding that investigation was now underway.
Police response to the case was also being inquired into and action would taken if there were any lapses, he said.
"The PG owner has now filed a complaint. In his complaint he has said that the woman had stated that she will decide on filing the complaint after discussing with her dear ones," Kumar said.
The woman had left her PG room the next day and the owner was under the impression she would have filed the complaint. He came forward to file one after getting know that none had been made so far, the DCP said.