Woman attacked after son elopes with girl

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Muzaffarnagar: A woman was attacked with sharp-edged weapons by a group of people after her son eloped with a girl of his village, police said on Saturday. Guddu eloped with a girl of Vilayat Nagar village. Infuriated over the incident, a group of villagers attacked his mother on Friday, injuring her seriously.

According to Station House Officer G S Gill, police have registered a case. The injured woman is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

In another incident, suspecting his wife's fidelity, a 37-year old man allegedly killed her by attacking her with a cricket bat and strangling her with a wire at their house in Mahabubabad district of Telangana, police said.

The incident happened at around midnight. The man surrendered before the police after the crime. The woman, aged around 30, married the daily wage labourer 11 years ago after falling in love, and they have three children - a girl and two boys, an inspector Ravi Kumar said. The victim's parents lodged a complaint stating that their son-in-law used to harass their daughter and got into quarrels frequently suspecting her character, the police official said, adding that a case has been registered.

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