Telangana: Three held for murdering two women over money

Three individuals, including a couple and their relative, were arrested in Vikarabad district for allegedly murdering two elderly women who had borrowed money from them.

Three persons were arrested in Vikarabad district for allegedly murdering two elderly women from whom they had borrowed money, police said on Tuesday.

Investigations also revealed that the accused were ''planning to kill'' six other women to whom they owed money, they said.

The accused--a couple and their relative -- were arrested based on technical and other evidences on Sunday, a senior police official said.

The trio had allegedly killed the two elderly women separately in March and May after luring them to a farm house on the pretext of repaying the borrowed amount, the official said.

The two women had sought a return of the lent amount, following which the accused hatched a plan to eliminate them, police said.

The accused, after killing the two women, buried them. Family members of the victims approached police and lodged missing complaints. Police booked cases and during the course of the investigation nabbed the three accused--a woman, her husband and their relative. The bodies of the elderly women were later exhumed.

During the investigation, it was disclosed that the accused were allegedly planning to kill at least six more women from whom they had borrowed money to avoid repaying the loan amounts. The accused had called them to come to the farmhouse claiming that they would clear the debts, but the women refused to go there, police said.

''The accused were planning to kill those who pressurised them for returning the amount given by them,'' police said.

Based on investigation so far, police said the accused had taken Rs 10 lakh to Rs 12 lakh loan from several people.