The victim was identified as Sharifa, a resident of Samrala town in Ludhiana. She had come to visit her daughter who is living Adarsh Colony on Old Kalka road in Zirakpur.
Nikhil Thakurm the police said, is a habitual offender and had a similar case registered against him in 2021 at Kharar (city) police station following which he spent one-and-a-half years in jail.