Overview
- Tenant Phaniraj found Shreelakshmi lying unconscious inside her house around 6 p.m. Tuesday, with visible injuries reported on her neck, face, and lips.
- Her gold mangalsutra was missing, and a senior officer said preliminary findings suggest smothering and strangulation.
- Subramanyapura police registered cases under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 103(1) for murder and 311 for robbery.
- Investigators place the time of the crime between about 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., after she told her sister a couple had arrived to check the television.
- Police are pursuing leads to identify the visitors and have formed teams to locate suspects, with no arrests announced.