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75-year-old UP woman beaten to death after she objects to less ration: Police

PTI, Muzaffarnagar | By
Apr 07, 2018 05:05 PM IST

The police have registered a case against three people, including the shop’s owner Naseem, on a complaint by the woman’s son, police said.

A 75-year-old woman was beaten to death in Muzaffarnagar allegedly by a fair price shop owner after she objected to being given less ration, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place last evening at Firazabad village.(Reuters File Photo)
The incident took place last evening at Firazabad village.(Reuters File Photo)

The incident took place last evening at Firazabad village.

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The police have registered a case against three people, including the shop’s owner Naseem, on a complaint by the woman’s son, Bhura, circle officer (CO) Md Rizwan said.

The other accused in the case are Shamim and Janu. Nobody has been arrested yet, he said.

The woman, Aasi, had gone to bring ration from the fair price shop and she objected to being given less ration. The accused confronted her and she was beaten to death by them, according to the FIR.

Tension prevailed in the village following the incident and people refused to handover the body to police for several hours.

The body was later sent for post mortem, the officer said.

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