Elderly woman found dead at home in Coimbatore gated community

Elderly woman found dead in Coimbatore home; police investigate domestic worker's disappearance and missing valuables.

The body of an 82-year-old woman was found trussed up in her residence in a gated community at Nanjundapuram, Coimbatore, on Friday (March 6, 2026). The police said that Kasturi Kutty, mother of Ramkumar Kutty, was found dead in her bedroom.

According to the police, Kasturi was residing with her son Ramkumar, who is an Ayurvedic doctor, and a domestic worker hailing from Nepal, Surja Rokay, 37. Ramkumar recently went on a foreign trip leaving his mother under the care of the domestic worker. Her daughter lives in another gated community in the city, said the police.  

“The daughter used to speak to her over the phone every morning. She rang her mother around 7.15 a.m. on Friday as usual but the calls went unanswered. She contacted a neighbour and requested to check on her mother, as the domestic worker also did not pick up her calls,” said a senior police officer.

When the neighbour went to the house at 8.55 a.m., the front door remained locked from the inside. She entered the house through the back gate, which was unlocked, and found the elderly woman dead, with her limbs tied up and mouth gagged. The domestic worker was not home, said the officer.

G. Karthikeyan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore South, visited the residence along with senior officers. The police collected evidence from the scene of the crime, where a sniffer dog was also brought.

“The police have launched an investigation based on a complaint received from the daughter of the deceased. Six special teams have been formed for investigation. The mobile phone of the domestic worker was found near the house. The police have got some vital clues from visuals of surveillance cameras in the gated community,” Mr. Karthikeyan said.