Prayagraj: A 40-year-old man of Kazipur village was arrested for killing a 70-year-old woman for Rs 300, police said.The body of the woman, identified as Lakhpatiya, was found on her terrace on Feb 10 in Kazipur village under the limits of Sandipanghat police station. The accused– Omprakash Patel alias Chotu– told police that on Feb 9, he had gone to a shop to purchase paan masala when he noticed that the elderly woman had a handsome amount with her. The same night, he reached her house and found her sleeping on the terrace. When the accused tried to steal Rs 300 kept inside her pocket, the woman woke up and raised an alarm. Frightened over this, Patel strangled her to death and escaped. tnn
