Tara Bridge­mo­han was a kind moth­er who loved to cook and spend time with her fam­i­ly and neigh­bours. That is how rel­a­tives and friends want the 75-year-old re­mem­bered af­ter she was found dead while bound and gagged in­side her bed­room fol­low­ing an ap­par­ent home in­va­sion at her Has­sanali Trace South, Bar­rack­pore home.

Hours af­ter her mur­der, rel­a­tives, neigh­bours and friends gath­ered qui­et­ly out­side the house, em­brac­ing one an­oth­er through tears as they shared sto­ries about the pen­sion­er they de­scribed as gen­er­ous, wel­com­ing and al­ways will­ing to help.

Po­lice said Bridge­mo­han was last seen alive around 4.30 pm on Fri­day af­ter her daugh­ter and son-in-law left home to tend to their bar in Mon­key Town. When they re­turned short­ly af­ter 1 am yes­ter­day, they found a down­stairs room ran­sacked and a win­dow on the side of the house bro­ken. As they searched the two-storey home, they dis­cov­ered more rooms in dis­ar­ray be­fore find­ing Bridge­mo­han ly­ing face down on a bed in an up­stairs bed­room.