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IPS officer's mother found dead; jewellery reported missing
Times of India··17 Aug
Indrawati, mother of IPS officer Ashutosh Mishra, was found dead at her house in Malipur, Ambedkar Nagar, on 16 August. A domestic worker found the body around 9 am. Blood was near her mouth. She had lived alone since her husband died 18 months earlier. Family members said a gold chain, nose pin, earrings and anklets were missing.
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What It Means For You
- If an elderly relative lives alone, this case shows a domestic worker finding Indrawati dead on a cot, with jewellery she usually wore no longer in the house.
- Families waiting on a cause of death can note viscera were preserved after a post-mortem that listed no injury marks and no confirmed medical cause.
- Ambedkar Nagar residents can see an FIR for murder and robbery filed by her son, an IPS officer posted in Lucknow.
What's Happening
- Indrawati was found dead at her home in Rudha Dhamrua, Malipur police station area, Ambedkar Nagar, on the morning of 16 August 2026.
- Police preserved viscera after an inconclusive post-mortem and began a probe into missing gold ornaments.
- Ashutosh Mishra lodged a complaint of murder and robbery against unidentified persons after reaching the village in the afternoon.
What Officers Have And Have Not Confirmed
- She had lived alone since her husband Ram Kumar Mishra's death about 18 months earlier.
- Ayodhya Range DIG Somen Barma inspected the house; SP Ambedkar Nagar Prachi Singh said cardiac-arrest tests were still on.
- News outlets differed on whether to describe the death as murder before the viscera report, while the FIR uses murder and robbery.
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