Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Police Investigate Murder Of 84-Year-Old Woman In Surat Home
Amena Abedali Panwala was an 84-year-old woman who lived alone in Surat.
She usually visited her sister every morning.
On Monday, she did not arrive and did not answer her phone.
Her sister and a relative went to Panwala’s home.
They found the door locked from the outside.
Using a duplicate key, they entered and found her dead.
Police said she had been murdered.
No cash or jewellery was reported missing, but her mobile phone was gone.
Amena Abedali Panwala, 84, was found dead in her Surat apartment.
Panwala lived alone in the Nanpura area, according to her sister’s complaint.
Her sister said Panwala normally visited her every morning and returned home each evening.
After Panwala failed to visit on Monday, her sister and a relative found her home locked from outside.
No cash or jewellery was reported missing; only Panwala’s mobile phone was missing.
- Who
- Amena Abedali Panwala, an 84-year-old woman, was found dead; her sister Durraiya Siraj Motiwala filed the complaint.
- What
- Panwala was found murdered inside her apartment.
- When
- She was discovered on Monday evening; police reported the case on Tuesday.
- Where
- Her apartment in Nanpura, Surat.
- Why
- A motive was not reported, and the article does not state why she was killed.
- Victim
- Amena Abedali Panwala
- Age
- 84
- Location
- Nanpura, Surat
- Living arrangement
- Panwala lived alone
- Discovery
- Her sister and a relative found her on Monday evening
- Reported missing item
- Her mobile phone
- Police station
- Athwalines police station