Himachal Pradesh: Woman batters father-in-law to death
A 30-year-old woman, Pratima, killed her father-in-law Kishan Chand, 75, by beating him repeatedly with his stick at their house in Banethi village of Nahan in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district over some domestic dispute, police said. An FIR under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the accused woman at Nahan police station and she was arrested, they said.
Victim's son informed the police about the incident
The victim's son, Dhanvir, who is a driver, reached home late at night and went to his room to sleep, Sirmaur ASP Virendra Thakur said. In the morning, when Dhanvir went to his father's room, he found his body lying in a pool of blood on his cot following which he informed the police about the incident, the ASP added.
Woman confessed to the killing her father-in-law
Dhanvir's four-and-a-half-year-old son Naveen told the police that his mother had killed his grandfather by beating him with his stick. Subsequently, Pratima also confessed to the crime. Their neighbors also told the police that she had thrashed her father-in-law earlier too. Prima facie Kishan Chand died of head injuries, Thakur said, adding the exact cause of death would be ascertained only after autopsy.
