This story is from February 17, 2021

Bihar: Man beats wife, daughter to death for selling family land

Bihar: Man beats wife, daughter to death for selling family land
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PATNA: A man beat his wife and minor daughter to death on early Tuesday morning for selling a piece of land without even informing him. The elder daughter of the couple is also badly injured and battling for life in a hospital. The accused, Shivkant Yadav (47), was arrested from a field on the village outskirts at around 11am.
The deceased were identified as Rita Devi (43) and her daughter Nicky Kumari (16).
The injured girl was identified as Sonu Kumari (19). Shivkant’s grandfather had registered his village land in the name of Rita before his death. The incident took place at village Tarwan under Mufassil police station area in Siwan district around 1am when the family members were fast asleep.
Shivkant, worked at a private school in Siwan and also owned a two-wheeler spare part shop at J P roundabout in the town.
Mufassil police station SHO Dadan Singh told this newspaper over phone that Rita sold a part of the family land on Monday without even asking Shivkant. “He came to know about it after returning home in the night,” he said.
The SHO said the couple frequently fought with each other over Rita’s ownership of family property. “Just after midnight, the two sisters heard loud noises and screams coming out of their parents’ bedroom. They rushed for help and saw their father repeatedly hitting the mother with a heavy iron rod on her head. The woman fell unconscious and was bleeding profusely,” he quoted the elder daughter’s statement to the police.
Singh said when the two sisters tried to protect and rescue their mother, Shivkant started thrashing them too with the same iron rod. “Both received grievous and multiple injuries on head and other body parts. Rita died immediately while Nicky died on the way to
Patna Medical College and Hospital from Siwan for better treatment,” he said.
The SHO said Shivkant’s old father also lived with them in the house. “Rita’s body was handed over to her parents after postmortem. An FIR has been lodged against Shivkant on his elder daughter’s complaint,” he said.
He said police were trying to find the iron rod used in the killing. Shivkant had thrown it somewhere while fleeing.
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