A woman in her mid-50’s, who was formerly convicted on charges of circulating faux currency for her husband, an alleged ISI agent from Pakistan, was found murdered inside her residence in Central Delhi’s Chandni Mahal area, with police suspecting that she become stabbed to death by a person she knew.
Police stated the body, which was in a semi-decomposed state, was found on Friday night time after locals, after finding the key at the lockout of doors the residence, went in to investigate a foul odour coming from inside.
“The body has been sent for post-mortem. It looks like the work of someone she knew. A man who lived with her in this house had died some years ago. She lived alone so it could also be a case related to a property dispute,” said an investigating officer, who asked not to be named. Deputy commissioner of police (central) Jasmeet Singh said, “We have registered a case of murder. The investigation is on.”
According to police, Mumtaz Parveen married Kamran Gauhar, a Pakistan national, a while between 1998-2000. Gauhar was later convicted on terror charges and spying and deported to Pakistan. Parveen had also got Pakistan citizenship based on her marriage with Gauhar, however, police stated she had recently applied for Indian citizenship.
Preliminary investigation in the case has discovered that Mumtaz had shifted to Chandni Mahal around 2000 from Karol Bagh.