Salem: An elderly woman was found strangled to death in her residence at Kitchipalayam in Salem city on Monday, and her gold jewellery missing.The deceased was identified as K Jakkubai, 75, of SMC Colony in Kitchipalayam. She was residing with her 45-year-old son K Senthil Kumar.“When Senthil returned home from work in the evening, he found his mother lying dead inside the house and alerted us,” said an officer from Kitchipalayam police.Preliminary investigation revealed that she had been strangled to death and six sovereigns of gold jewellery worn by her were missing. Police recovered the body and sent it for a postmortem.Kitchipalayam police have registered a case and are investigating further.
