| Autorickshaw driver beats woman to death, held | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 24: A woman was today allegedly murdered by an autorickshaw driver at Krishna Nagar, Miran Sahib, here after she tried to save her husband from him. Autorickshaw driver Dipti Lal, alleged to be a quarrelsome person, had been constantly getting in fights with his neighbours at Krishna Nagar over trivial matters. One day when his immediate neighbour Pitambar Lal objected to his this behaviour, he became his enemy, police sources said. On Friday, there was a heated exchange of words between them, following which Dipti ran after him. Sources said after Pitambar entered his house to save himself from the autorickshaw driver, the latter too came there. When Pitambar's wife Yashoda Devi intervened to save her husband, he allegedly beat her to death and then fled the spot, sources informed. After the matter came to their notice, police reached the spot and removed the body to hospital for post-mortem. The autoricksha driver was later arrested by police from his hideout at Badyal Brahmana.The accused was booked in a murder case by the concerned police. |
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