The body was sent for an autopsy, police said (Representation)
Muzaffarnagar:
A 55-year-old woman was reportedly beaten to death by four people for opposing their attempts to sexually harass her daughters in the village of Nara under the Mansurpur Police Station in Muzaffarnagar, police said.
Mansurpur SHO KP Singh Police Station said a case has been registered against four people – Akash, Gopi, Binendra and Rajesh – who are on the run. A manhunt is underway to catch them.
According to the complaint filed by the family members, it is alleged that the four neighbors harassed the young women of the family which the mother strongly resisted.
On Monday evening, the four defendants entered her home and attacked the woman identified as Sevti Devi (55). She was severely beaten by the men. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The body was sent for an autopsy.
Meanwhile, police raided the residences of the four accused to arrest them, but they were not there.
