Muzaffarnagar: An 18-year-old woman and her lover allegedly strangled her mother after the latter found them together at their house late on Saturday night, said police on Wednesday.The incident was was initially reported on Sunday as a robbery incident in which the accused daughter was found unconscious and the woman was found murdered. The police investigation, however, revealed that the girl, Neelam, and her lover allgedly killed the victim.After initial suspicion, SSP Sudhir Kumar had ordered New-Mandi police and crime branch of Muzaffarnagar to probe the case and after three days of investigation, police arrested 18-year-boy Manu, a resident of Bijnor and recovered jewelry and Neelam's mobile phone. A muffler, which was used to strangle the victim, Ishawati, was also recovered from his possession, police said."Neelam had called Manu at her home on Saturday night. The duo had mixed sleeping pills in tea that was given to the victim. But Ishawati woke up early and found the accused at her home. She was later strangled to death by Neelam and Manu. Neelam too had consumed some sleeping pills to get unconscious," the SSP said.On Sunday morning, the elderly woman's body was found at her residence in Muzaffarnagar's Nai Mandi area. The victim's daughter Neelam was found lying unconscious in the same room while the husband of the deceased, a lawyer by profession, was not at the residence when the incident took place.Station houses officer of New-Mandi police station, Harsharn Sharma, said: A case under Sections 302 (punishment for murder) of the Indian penal code has been registered against the accused. They have been sent to jail.”

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