BHIWANDI: The Bhiwandi rural police arrested a youth on Sunday for allegedly murdering an elderly woman, stealing jewellery and setting her farmhouse on fire in Nashik district.
As per the police, the man slit the woman’s throat, stole the ornaments kept in the house and set it on fire to destroy evidence.
According to the police, the accused had lost money in an online game.He committed the crime to repay the loan.
Police said that Abhimanyu Gupta entered the house of Selvamari Augustine Nader when she was alone in the house.
The locals later informed the police who registered a murder case against an unidentified person. Finally, on Sunday, they arrested the accused from a lodge in Thane.
Police have learned that Abhimanyu used to work…
