Palghar: 55-year-old woman bludgeoned to death by man over dispute

A man allegedly bludgeoned to death a 55-year-old woman following a dispute with her in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said. The incident took place in Wada taluka on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday and efforts were on to nab the 38-year-old accused, they said.

The man, who has a previous criminal record, on Tuesday tried to enter a farm where the victim and her 76-year-old mother worked. The duo and other villagers objected to his attempt to enter the place, Wada police station’s sub-inspector Dilip Pawar said.

Angry over this, the accused came the farm when the victim was fast asleep and allegedly killed her by hitting her with a huge stone, the official said. Some persons found the victim’s body in a room at the farm on Wednesday and alerted the police, he said. The police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem, he said.

Based on a complaint by the victim’s mother, a case was registered against the accused under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder) and efforts were on to trace him, the police said.