Plumber strangles 78-year-old in Bangalore

TNN Apr 23, 2013, 02.36AM IST

BANGALORE: A plumber allegedly strangulated three elderly sisters, one of them with fatal consequences, at their residence on 27th Cross, VII Block, Jayanagar, on Monday morning.

The siblings knew plumber Ramachandra, a resident of Parappana Agrahara village, for years. He regularly did odd jobs for them.

Ramachandra fled with gold jewellery he had snatched from the women.

The dead woman was identified as Chandra Narasimhan, 78. The sisters who survived the attack are Munilakshmamma, 88, and Sharadha, 79.

Chandra's elder daughter, Chitra Narasimhan, a paediatrician with Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Research, who lives in the house with her mother, had gone to work at the time of the incident.

Based on the survivors' accounts, police identified the assailant as Ramachandra. Unconfirmed reports said the plumber is an alcoholic.

Ramachandra had been commissioned 10 days ago to fix a leak.

Chitra left for work as usual around 10 am, by which time Ramachandra had started working on the roof. Around 1.15pm, Chitra got a call from her aunt Munilakshmamma saying the plumber had attacked them and killed her mother.

Munilakshmamma was still in shock when police arrived. She narrated the sequence of events. She said Ramachandra had worked in the house for 10 days and the sisters never suspected him.

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Plumber strangles 78-year-old in Bangalore