Girl & her boyfriend arrested for mother's murder

NEW DELHI: The west district police inNew Delhi have arrested a 25-year-old woman, teacher of a play school at PashimVihar and her boyfriend, for being allegedly involved in the murder of her ownmother, 52-year-old Kiran Kapoor at her residence at State Bank Nagar in westDelhi. Kiran was found dead with 24 wounds on her body on the night of May28.``We have arrested the daughter Sakshi and her boyfriend Sunny inthis regard. All the murder weapons and other items have been recovered from herpossession and the girl has confessed to her role even before her familymembers,'' said Sharad Aggarwal, DCP (west).According to sleuths,Kiran had gone to a nearby atPashim Vihar on the evening of May 28. Her daughter Sakshi was alone at theKapoor residence as her husband, Ashok Kapoor, a chartered accountant and herson who works for a leading financial institution were away at their respectiveoffices. When she returned home, Kiran allegedly found Sunny in thesame room with her daughter, claimed DCP Aggarwal. She objected to this andthreatened to raise a hue and cry. Initially, Sunny asked Sakshi toconvince her mother not to shout. ``However, when she did not relent, Sunnyallegedly hit her on her head with an empty beer bottle. As Kiran slumped to thefloor, Sunny went to the kitchen and fetched a kitchen knife with which hestruck her repeatedly. He then told Sakshi to call the call thepolice and claim that armed robbers had broken into her house. ���She did asshe was told,'' said the DCP.