Lone widow done to death; hunt on for missing servant

Immediately on entering the house, the relatives found that the entire house had been ransacked, its rear door was open. They found that Satyabhama’s newly-appointed servant, Sachadeva, was missing.

Satyabhama lay still on a settee in the drawing room. Apparently, the killer had delivered several vicious blows all over the body before strangulating her.

The police shifted Satyabhama to the Sassoon Hospital where the widow was declared dead on arrival.

The sniffer dogs which were summoned to the spot picked up the trail up to a short distance. The police video-taped the situation inside Saytabhama’s house.

They suspect that the motive was theft as Rs. 15,000 in cash and Satyabhama’s jewellery were missing.

According to relatives, the widow was staying all by herself for years as her sons have settled in USA, Spain and Malaysia. They had come here about six months back, when the widow underwent a surgery for cancer. They went back three months ago.

According to the relatives, Satyabhama’s domestic staff included a full-time servant and a part-time maid. Satyabhama had hired the new servant on Tuesday because the regular servant had gone to his native place.

The Samartha police have launched a hunt to track down the absconding servant.