TWO teenage girls killed their grandmother for property. Although the incident occurred in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, the two girls who committed the crime are residents of Nagpur. The Bhilai Police have arrested one of the girls and detained her minor sister. The arrested girl has been identified as Deepjot Kaur Baljinder Singh Sandhu (18), a resident of Baba Laxman Apartment, Awale Babu Square. Her minor sister has been sent to a juvenile correctional home. Both are accused of murdering their maternal grandmother, Atinder Kaur Amarsingh Sahni (56), a resident of Purai, Bhilai. Despite their young ages— Deepjot just 18-year-old and her sister approaching 17-years of age—the sisters executed the crime with professionalism that left even the police astonished.

 

According to police, the sisters arrived in Durg from Nagpur via Chhattisgarh Express on July 24. They then took an auto-rickshaw to their grandmother’s house. When Atinder opened the door, the sisters gagged her, dragged her inside, and restrained her by tying her hands and feet. They stuffed a cloth in her mouth, suffocated her with a pillow, and ultimately killed her by hitting her on the head with a steel water bottle. The sisters stole valuables worth over Rs five lakh, including ornaments, a mobile phone, Rs 40,000 cash from the cupboard, and gold jewellery. They took the keys to Atinder’s scooter, locked the home from outside, and travelled to Rajnandgaon. From there, they transported the scooter by bus to Nagpur, abandoned it near the railway tracks, and went home.

 

The crime came to light when Atinder’s niece, Rajpreet Singh, who lives in Bhilai, tried to contact her by phone. After 3-4 days of no communication,    Rajpreet grew suspicious and went to the house. Upon breaking the lock, she discovered Atinder’s decomposed body. Initially, the police registered a case of accidental death, but following the postmortem report and discovery of missing jewelry, they reclassified it as murder and robbery. During their investigation, the Bhilai police learned that Atinder’s daughters, who live in Nagpur, had threatened to kill her if she did not give them money. The police travelled to Nagpur and, after some initial attempts to mislead, the sisters confessed to the robbery and murder. They were taken into custody in Bhilai. Deepjot and her sister had hidden the stolen jewellery with an acquaintance. The police reconstructed the entire sequence of events and seized the looted goods based on the information provided by the sisters.