Scuffle over minor issue claims Bohru village woman’s life

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 17

A minor dispute over falling of eatables on the road in front of a house turned ugly when a woman allegedly scuffled with an elderly woman leading to her on-the-spot death. The deceased was identified as Harjit Kaur (70), a resident of Bohru village falling under the Chatiwind police station here.

The Chatiwind police have booked the accused woman, Manjit Kaur (50), of the same village. No arrest has been made till now as she along with her family absconded from their house. The police have registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Bhupinder Singh, son of the victim, said his brother Sukhwinder Singh, a resident of Khairdin Ke, along with his family had come to his house on Thursday. He said in the evening when they were returning on his bike, a polythene bag which his wife Sukhwinder Kaur was carrying got entangled with the scooter parked outside the residence of accused Manjit Kaur. Owing to being stuck in the motorcycle, the polythene bag got torn and all material, including eatables, fell on the road.

He said while his brother proceeded to his village, Manjit Kaur came to his house and started shouting and quarrelling with his mother Harjit Kaur who was in the verandah of the house. He alleged the accused scuffled with his mother, pulled and threw her down. She beat her up due to which she collapsed and died on the spot. The family took the victim to the hospital where doctors declared her dead.

SHO Balkar Singh said raids were on to nab the suspect after a case under Section 105 of the BNS has been registered in this regard.