Mohali: Wife of ex-additional advocate general found murdered, servant detained
Assailants tied the servant and decamped with valuables. Police detained the servant, Neeraj, due to inconsistent statements and lack of injury marks, despite his claims of being assaulted. The investigation focuses on his suspected role in the murder.
New Delhi: A high-profile murder has sent shockwaves through Mohali in Punjab. Ashok Kumari Goyal, the wife of former additional advocate general Krishna Kumar Goyal, was found strangled at her house, and the servant of the family was discovered tied to a chair.
They decamped with jewellery, cash
Police said that the murder was executed with the intent to rob. The assailants tied up the servant of the house and decamped with jewellery and cash. Krishna Kumar Goyal was in Muscat when the murder took place. He was visiting his daughter in the Omani capital.
Police sources said that sixty-six-year-old Ashok Kumari Goyal, wife of former Additional Advocate General of Punjab and Haryana High Court Krishna Kumar Goyal, has been murdered in Mohali.
Domestic worker discovered her body
Her body was discovered in the morning by a domestic worker at the Goyals’ residence in Phase 5, reports said. The housekeeper was found tied to a chair, while the woman had been strangled. Police said the murder was apparently motivated by robbery, with the assailants tying up the household servant before fleeing with jewellery and cash.
Household servant detained
Police have detained the servant over his suspected role in the killing and are interrogating him. The 25-year-old servant has been identified as Neeraj. He had been employed by the Goyal family for nine years, sources added. Police are also examining why the attackers killed the woman but spared the servant, even though he may have posed a greater risk to them.
Police sources also said that the servant’s statement seemed to be inconsistent. Neeraj, the household servant, claimed that the robber slammed his head against a wall. However, police didn't find any visible injury marks on his head, which raised suspicion and they detained him for questioning.