LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- Police on Thursday detained a key suspect who worked at the house of a senior administrative officer living opposite 74-year-old Neelima Srivastava's residence in Jankipuram's Janaki Vihar Colony in Lucknow where the septuagenarian was found murdered while resisting a suspected robbery on Tuesday afternoon. She used to live alone in her house.

The detained suspect, a native of Sitapur Road, is believed to have entered Neelima's house with the intention of committing theft. During questioning, he reportedly confessed that Neelima confronted him when she spotted him inside the house. In panic, he allegedly tightened a cloth around her neck and strangled her to death.

According to investigators, the suspect did not flee ...