Jalandhar, May 3 -- A 69-year-old woman was found murdered at her residence in Jalandhar's Mota Singh Nagar on Thursday. The family suspects robbery to be the motive behind the killing.

The victim was identified as Vinod Duggal. As per information, she was alone at home when the crime took place. Her husband said that when he returned home from the market, he got no response to repeated doorbells. Following this, one of the neighbours scaled the wall and entered the house after breaking the door. He found the victim lying unconscious on the floor.

While initially, the family thought it was a natural death, they later found her gold ornaments missing and grew suspicious.

Ashok Sarin, a local BJP leader, who is a relative of the victim, ...