New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Four days after the body of a 55-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds was found at her house in Amar Colony in northeast Delhi's Jyoti Nagar, police on Thursday said they have arrested two men, including her 21-year-old relative, for allegedly murdering her during a robbery.

The accused were identified by their first names as Umesh, 21 - a cousin of the slain woman Vimla Devi's daughter-in-law - and his friend Vipin, 22, both residents of Nand Nagri in northeast Delhi.

"Interrogation of the arrested men revealed that they were under financial stress owing to outstanding loans which they were unable to repay. In order to overcome their financial difficulties, they conspired to commit a robbery, which ultimately ...