Hyderabad, 11 Sept

In a gruesome incident, a 50-year-old woman, was tied up, hit with a pressure cooker and stabbed to death, allegedly by two helpers at her flat in a high-rise apartment complex in Kukatpally here. Five teams have been formed to nab the suspects, police said on Thursday.

The deceased, identified as Renu Agarwal, was alone in her flat on the 13th floor of Swan Lake apartment at the time of the incident.

The incident occurred between 3pm to 4.30pm on Wednesday. The prime suspect, Harsha, 21, is from Jharkhand and was employed at the woman's residence around 11 days ago.

Harsha, along with another domestic help, Roushan, who was employed in a neighbourhood's flat, tied up the woman and stabbed her with knives and scissors, inflicting multiple injuries, they said.

The duo then took some gold ornaments and about Rs 1 lakh cash from the residence and fled.

The victim resided at the flat with her husband, a steel businessman and their son, they said. The family hails from Kolkata, and Harsha was hired through a manpower agency.

The suspects are from a village near Ranchi, and a police team has already been dispatched to Jharkhand, a senior police official said.

A hunt is on to nab the absconding accused, he said.

The police are analysing CCTV footage, CDR, he added.

The CCTV footage showed the suspects driving away on a two-wheeler belonging to the owner of the second suspect, police said.