India News | Rajasthan: Elderly Woman Beaten to Death by 3 Neighbours in Kota
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 65-year-old woman was beaten to death by three women of her neighbourhood on Friday night, police said.
Kota (Raj) Oct 1 (PTI) A 65-year-old woman was beaten to death by three women of her neighbourhood on Friday night, police said.
Dhapubai Khateek (65), the wife of Prabhulal Khateek, was a resident of DCM area in Udhyog Nagar police station limits.
Three women, identified as Manbharbai Khateek, wife of Mohanlal, and their two daughters -- Simeran and Rekha -- barged into Khateek's home around 8 pm on Friday and thrashed the sexagenarian and her daughter-in-law, Udhyog Nagar police station SHO Manoj Singh Sikarwal said.
Khateek suffered critical internal injuries and collapsed unconscious, he said. She was taken to a private hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. He daughter-in-law was also injured in the attack, he added.
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Initial investigations revealed that the neighbouring women had a tiff for some time. However, the exact reason is yet to be ascertained, the police said.
Khateek's body was handed over to her family on Saturday after post mortem by a medical board. The police have booked the three women under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. However, the accused women are yet to be arrested, Sikarwal said.
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