Hyderabad, Feb. 6 -- A 36-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday, February 3, for allegedly murdering an 85-year-old woman in Hyderabad, Dundigal, on February 2 to steal gold ornaments from the house.

The accused is identified as P Kavitha. According to the Dundigal police, she had previously worked at the victim's house as a maid. The incident occurred at 2:30 pm when the victim was alone at her residence, when Kavitha bludgeoned her head with a stone.

As the elderly woman died, the accused fled the house with two gold earrings and a gold ring, which were sold at a jewellery shop. After being alerted, the teams of Dundigal police and the central crime station examined the CCTV footage from the victim's residence and the jewellery shop ...