According to police, elderly parents of the doctor were present at home at the time of the incident, but the domestic help managed to execute the theft without alerting them; the matter came to light when the doctor along with his wife returned home
The police said the accused revealed that he had gone to the victim’s bedroom to steal from their cupboard and the woman woke up and started shouting for help. He said he then caught hold of her neck to stop her from raising an alarm but ended up strangling her