{
  "id": 14747141,
  "title": "Mumbai Sessions Court Sentences Maid, Lover To Life Imprisonment For Murder And Robbery Of Elderly Bandra Couple In 2018",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/mumbai-sessions-court-sentences-maid-lover-to-life-imprisonment-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T16:42:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-sessions-court-sentences-maid-lover-to-life-imprisonment-for-murder-and-robbery-of-elderly-bandra-couple-in-2018"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The sessions court in Mumbai has handed a life sentence to a maid and her lover for the brutal murder and robbery of an elderly couple in Bandra, Maharashtra, in 2018. The couple, Nanak Gopaldas Makhijani and Daya Nanik Makhijani, were discovered dead in their apartment on June 21, 2018, by neighbors who broke in through an open bedroom window. The elderly couple's hands were bound, with Daya's hands tied with an odhani around Nanak's neck and face. Post-mortem examination confirmed their death by smothering and strangulation.\n\nThe case was registered at Khar police station, leading to the arrest of the maid, Parvati Kishore Khaka, and her lover, Singhasan Mukut Ekka, on a train in Nagpur. Khaka denied involvement, claiming she had been falsely accused and left the house on the request of her ailing mother. She also insisted she called her lover to take her home. However, the prosecution presented evidence that gold jewelry from the couple's cupboard was found in Khaka's bag, and the court rejected her claims. The court found Khaka and Ekka guilty, citing that if they were innocent, they would have informed someone about their mother's illness before their departure.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 15, 2026: The sessions court has convicted a maid and her lover of killing and robbing an elderly couple who lived alone in their apartment at Kokil Kunj Cooperative Housing Society in Bandra West in 2018. The court has sentenced them to life imprisonment. Elderly Couple Found Dead In Apartment As per the prosecution case, on June 21, 2018, the couple, Nanak Gopaldas Makhijani and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}