Mandya: A 52-year-old woman was allegedly strangled while asleep by her teenage granddaughter and the girl’s boyfriend in KR Pet taluk after she objected to their friendship, police said. The youth was arrested and the minor sent to a correction home.Police said Mahadevamma had objected to her granddaughter’s friendship with Akash, 23, and advised her to concentrate on her studies. Mahadevamma had been taking care of the girl.According to the complaint, the girl allegedly decided to kill her grandmother and called Akash home when nobody else was present. They allegedly strangled Mahadevamma with a rope while she was asleep.KR Pet Rural police registered a case following a complaint from Mahadevamma’s nephew. Further investigation is under way.
