Crowd of people gathered after the incident.
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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A woman was murdered during a fight over a land dispute in Naiyam village of Hayaghat police station area of Darbhanga. Patidars beat the woman to death over a land dispute. There was panic in the area after the incident. There was a crowd of people nearby. Here, as soon as the information was received, the police reached the spot. The police took the body into custody and sent it for post-mortem. The deceased woman was identified as Anita Devi (48), wife of Sikandar Mahato. Is.
Nitish, the son of the deceased, told that five-six people, including Pattidar Shiv Kumar Mahato, Ram Bahadur Mahato and Shanti Devi, came to his courtyard and started beating the mother and demanding the land papers. Soon everyone beat the mother with bamboo and pipes. Started killing. When he came to save his mother from the attackers, they started beating him too. During the fight, two people were also strangling his mother. Everyone started talking about killing him. When his mother became unconscious she called the police. Police also immediately reached the spot and brought his mother to PHC for treatment but by then she had died.
Took information about the incident from the woman’s son also
Seeing the seriousness of the incident, Sadar SDPO Amit Kumar reached the spot and while investigating, also took information about the incident from the son of the deceased woman. According to Nitish, his father lives in Delhi for employment. He lives in the village and studies in ninth class. For two-three days his Patidars were quarreling with his mother and threatening to kill her. Again and again they asked for land papers.
Police said – murder happened in land dispute
Here, Hayaghat police station incharge Sunita Kumari has sent the body to DMCH for post-mortem. The son-in-law of the deceased, Ullas Kumar, who reached the hospital with the body, said that the gate of the post-mortem house was closed as it was night. In this regard, Sadar DSP Amit Kumar said that investigation into the case has revealed that the woman was murdered over a land dispute. The matter is being investigated and an FIR has been registered and action is being taken to arrest the accused. The body has been sent to DMCH for post-mortem.
