Landlord beats woman to death over theft suspicion
In a shcoking incident, a 44-year-old widow was allegedly beaten to death by her landlord in South Delhi’s Mehrauli area after he suspected her of being a thief, police said on Sunday.
Four persons have been arrested in this regard, said the police. The deceased woman was identified as Manju Goyal, survived by her two children who were in Haryana at the time of the incident, police said.
Her brother Mahesh Jindal informed the police on Saturday that Goyal was beaten up by threefour persons.
When a police team reached the spot, he said that his sister was staying at the house of one Satish Pahwa as tenant. On Saturday morning, Jindal’s wife received a call from Pahwa who accused Goyal of theft, they said.
Jindal rushed to Pahwa’s residence and found that his sister was beaten up by Pahwa, his son Pankaj and others on the allegation of theft, police said. Jindal took his sister to his house after she complained of chest pain. As her condition deteriorated, he called doctors at his home, where Goyal succumbed to injuries in the evening, police said.
“Her body has been sent to AIIMS mortuary for post-mortem. Satish Pahwa (54), his wife, son Pankaj (29) and their maid Kamlesh have been arrested,” said Atul Kumar Thakur, deputy commissioner of police (South).
In another incident, a 16year-old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by two juveniles following a quarrel in Central Delhi's Nabi Karim area on Sunday, police said.
The two boys have been apprehended, they said.
It is suspected that the boys were arguing over a monetary matter, police said, adding that they received a call about the quarrel around 3.30 pm.
The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital by his friend, who was present at the time of incident, but was declared brought dead, a senior police official said. During interrogation, the accused told police that the victim used to often ask them for money, police said.