A 70-year-old woman was murdered by an unidentified person at her residence in Kondakal tanda in Shankerpally mandal in Cyberabad limits. The victim was identified as Gamalamma and the incident took place between 12 midnight and 1 a.m, on Tuesday night, when she was sleeping on the veranda. “An unidentified person hit her on her head with an iron rod, due to which she suffered severe head injury. She died undergoing treatment at a hospital,” the police said.
Prima facie, robbery seemed to be the motive behind the killing of Gamalamma as her bangles were missing.