Man bludgeons sister-in-law after squabble

Updated On: 01 May, 2013 06:32 AM IST | | Shiva Devnath

The 20-year-old accused had slapped the woman in a fit of rage; when her husband thrashed him as punishment and threw him out of his house, the youth snuck in through the window at night and killed her to avenge himself

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Man bludgeons sister-in-law after squabble

The Dahisar police are on the lookout for a 20-year-old man who allegedly killed his sister-in-law and injured his 16-year-old cousin on Monday. The two had squabbled violently on Saturday.

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The victim Sanju had come to the city to pay her husband a visit, and brought along her niece Neetu. They were scheduled to return to their village on May 8, but tragedy struck when Sanju was killed brutally by Jitendra (in white shirt), her brother-in-law; Neetu, who witnessed the crime, was also injured