Dhamtari, Dec 13 (PTI) A 25-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend at a tea stall in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, police said on Tuesday.

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The incident took place at the victim's tea stall in Magarlod town of the district on Monday evening, an official said.

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The accused allegedly attacked his girlfriend Reshami Sahu with a stick and fled the spot, Dhamtari Superintendent of Police Prashant Thakur said.

Sahu ran tea stall near Magarlod Nagar Panchayat office to earn a living, while the accused is a resident of Khisora village under the Magarlod police station limits, he said.

The villagers alerted the police after they found the woman lying in a pool of blood with head injuries, the official said.

The woman was rushed to a nearby community health centre, where she died during treatment, he said.

The accused and victim had been in a relationship for four years. The couple had quarrelled on the day of incident, the official said.

The accused suspected his girlfriend of having an affair and attacked her in a fit of rage, he added.

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