BAREILLY: Months after a 21-yr-old man eloped with a girl from the neighborhood, his 38-yr-old mother was first thrashed publicly and then hacked to death in Bareilly.
The girl’s family was unhappy as their daughter had married the man against their will and decided to take "revenge" on the woman as she was returning home from the market on Friday evening. They grabbed her, thrashed her with batons and rained blows on her with a sickle.
The woman was rushed to hospital by her husband and locals where she succumbed. Her son is yet to return home. An FIR has been registered against six of the girl's relatives under IPC sections related to rioting and culpable homicide.
Victim Chameli Kashyap was a resident of Barua village under Faridpur police station. She and her husband had earlier left the village due to fear of reprisal after their son eloped with the girl. She had returned to look after the house on Friday and had to pay a heavy price for her son’s step.
Additional SP (rural) Rajkumar Agarwal told TOI, “The victim’s son had eloped with the daughter of the accused who belongs to the same community. They both were adults and got married. After their marriage, the boy’s parents left the village and settled elsewhere.
They had come to their house for a few days when the murder happened. Her husband informed the police and took her to the community health centre in Faridpur, where she died during treatment. We have registered an FIR under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons) and 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) against six people, based on the her husband's complaint.”
The police officer added: "Four of the accused have been arrested and the remaining two will be in our custody soon. We have ensured adequate security for the family and police force has been deployed in the village to ensure peace.”
