Shocking! Three women arrested for murdering mother-in-law in Jodhpur

A shocking incident has come to light where three daughter-in-law killed their mother-in-law in Harlaya village in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district.

The incident came to light a day after the murder when one of the sons of the victim, living in a neighbourhood, saw her hanging.

Police arrested three women for strangulating their mother-in-law and staging the incident as suicide.

Expressing their suspicion on the incident, the victim’s parents filed a complaint with the police, after which, they sent the body for post-mortem by a medical board, which confirmed death by strangulation.

The accused have been identified as Premi, Oma and Pintu who are sisters. While Premi and Pintu are real sisters, Omi is a cousin of the two.

According to SHO (Matoda) Nemara, information was received on August 29 that a woman identified as Kamla Devi (62) had committed suicide by hanging in her house.

“When we reached the spot, we found her hanging and took down her body from the ceiling. During investigation, her parents’ expressed suspicion over the incident."

So, we got the post-mortem done by a medical board and the report stated that she had been strangulated,” said the officer.

The needle of suspicion pointed to her three daughters-in-law, who used to live with her alone, while their husbands were out for masonry work.