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This is an archive article published on March 14, 2013

Woman ‘killed’ for not forcing daughter-in-law to withdraw harassment case

Satish and Hukam Singh,who are now wanted on charges of murder,are absconding.

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An 80-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by two brothers in Rewari district,when the woman refused to let her daughter-in-law withdraw a complaint of sexual harassment against their brother. On Wednesday,the woman was allegedly beaten in Asalwas village by Hukam Singh and Satish,when her daughter-in-law decided against withdrawing her complaint against their brother Dhaniram.

According to villagers,inaction by the police on the complaint lodged by the victims’s daughter-in-law on Saturday,resulted in her murder. “Had the police arrested Dhaniram,this would not have happened,” one of the villagers told mediapersons.

However,soon after the woman’s murder,the police acted on the complaint lodged by her daughter-in-law and arrested Dhaniram on charges of sexual harassment. Satish and Hukam Singh,who are now wanted on charges of murder,are absconding.

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According to the police,Hukam and Satish went to the deceased’s house in the morning and insisted her to pressurise her daughter-in-law to withdraw the complaint. “When she refused,both of them thrashed her. She fell unconscious and died on the way to the hospital,” the police said. Based on the complaint lodged by her daughter-in-law,the police have booked Satish and Hukam on charges of murder and under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The post mortem examination was conducted at Rohtak’s Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences.

“Since Dhaniram has been arrested,Satish and Hukam will also be nabbed soon,” said DSP Anup Singh Dahiya.

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