Woman kills mother-in-law over property dispute in Nagpur, held

A 33yearold woman and her two relatives were arrested on Monday for allegedly murdering her motherinlaw over a property dispute in Maharashtras Nagpur city the police said on Monday reported the PTIThe accused woman allegedly paid her two male cousins to carry out the murder and the 54yearold victim was strangled on August 28 an official from Ajini police station saidThe accused made it appear like the victim had died of a heart attack and the murder came to light ten days after the last rites he saidBased on a complaint lodged on Sunday the police arrested Vaishali Akhilesh Raut her cousins Ritesh Prakash Hiwse 27 and Shrikant alias Sameer Narendra Hiwse 21 both residents of Pandhurna district of Madhya Pradesh for the murder of Sunita Omkar Raut a resident of Mitra Nagar he said according to the PTINeighbours reported injuries on Sunitas body and inconsistencies in the circumstances of her death the official saidSunita had recently sold a plot of land for Rs 60 lakh which her widowed daughterinlaw had wanted he saidThe official said investigations found suspicious activity on the accused womans phone and some financial transactions suggested foul playVaishali had reportedly paid Rs 2 lakh to her cousins to carry out the murder he saidThe trio were booked under sections 1031 murder and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the official said the news agency reported on MondayMeanwhile in an another incident the Palghar Police in Maharashtra have arrested a couple and another member of their family for allegedly killing a 58yearold man following a dispute in Maharashtras Palghar district an official said on Sunday as per the PTIThe victim identified as Gajanan Ganpat Davne was brutally assaulted on Friday evening leading to his death he saidAn altercation took place between the victims family and the accused following a longstanding dispute over an approach road near their homes at a locality in Talasari area of the district the official from Gholwad police station saidThe accused allegedly beat up the victim and hit him with a wooden stick inflicting multiple injuries including on his eyes nose and private parts he saidThe victims son later rushed him to a hospital in Umbargaon where he was declared dead The body has been sent for a postmortem examination the official saidFollowing a complaint by the victims son the police arrested a man his wife and his brother residing in the neighbourhood on Saturdaywith PTI inputs