70-year-old woman found dead in her home in MP’s Mandsaur, murder suspected

Mandsaur SP said that the seven kilograms of opium worth Rs.14 lakh, extracted from licensed farmland, was missing from her house

Updated on: Mar 28, 2024, 20:15:25 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Bhopal: A 70-year-old woman was found murdered in her home in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district late on Wednesday night, police said. Police have identified the deceased as Chandra Kunwar, a resident of Nimbahera in Rajasthan.

According to the police, Kunwar had come to her ancestral Lasudia village in Mandsaur a month ago to sell the opium which she grew on a government license.

Mandsaur superintendent of police (SP) Anurag Sujaniya said the incident came to light after sharecropper Prahlad Prajapat, who had gone to visit the woman on Thursday morning to discuss the sale of opium, found the house door open and saw the woman lying dead on the floor.

Prahlad informed the police about the incident, following which a team reached the spot.

“The woman’s throat was slit with a sharp-edged weapon. There are also injury marks on her body as she struggled a lot to save herself before the murder,” said the SP.

The SP said that the seven kilograms of opium worth Rs.14 lakh, extracted from licensed farmland, was missing from her house, suspecting that theft could be a reason behind the alleged murder.

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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