PUNE: A 78-year-old woman was beaten up by her grandson and daughter-in-law and evicted from her flat on Monday night. The police on Tuesday registered a case of house trespass and assault against the duo.
The elderly woman on Tuesday morning lodged a complaint with the Uttamnagar police station.
Senior police inspector Vaishali Chandgude of the Uttamnagar police station said, “The elderly woman has two sons. One stays with her and the other stays on another residential premises in Uttamnagar. Both her sons are married.”
“The wife of the son, who stays separately, wants a share in the flat where the elderly woman stays. She also wants the possession of the flat. The elderly woman’s husband passed away a few years back,” Chandgude said.
On Monday evening, the elderly woman’s daughter-in-law and grandson went to the flat when the former was alone. Both the women had an argument over the flat’s possession, she said. “The daughter-in-law then approached the police and lodged a non-cognisable offence against her mother-in-law”, Chandgude said.
“After registering the non-recognisable offense, the elderly woman’s daughter-in-law and grandson went to the former’s flat with a hammer and long rod. The elderly woman refused to open the door, following which the duo broke it open using the hammer and rod,” Chandgude added.
After barging into the flat, the duo slapped and punched the elderly woman and forcibly evicted her, she said. “Her son, who had gone out, returned home and the duo beat him up as well,” she added.
The elderly woman suffered injuries on her hands and back. “She then then approached us. We went to the spot and shifted the woman to her flat,” she said.
“The elderly woman and the daughter-in-law were fighting for the ownership of the flat. It is a civil case, but the elderly woman’s daughter-in-law decided to take the possession of the flat forcibly,” she said.
