Maharashtra: Vasai man clobbers woman relative to death with wooden rod, booked

Vasai Police has booked a man in Maharashtras Palghar district for allegedly clobbering his woman relative to death with a wooden rod over a dispute an official said on WednesdayThe incident occurred on Monday around 930 pm at Kaman locality in Vasai newswire PTI reported quoting the officialThe deceased was identified as a 55yearold Manjula Kolha a tribal woman while the accused is Sagar Bendga who was her distant relative the police saidIn the probe PTI reported the police found that Bendga used to visit the victims house frequently and quarrel with her over trivial matters senior inspector Ramesh Bhame of Naigaon police station saidThe situation escalated after the victim complained to her daughter about Bendgas behavior On learning about the complaint Bendga confronted the victim at her residence on Monday night After a heated argument Bendga took up a wooden rod and attacked the woman he saidHer husband tried to intervene but Bendga assaulted him as well he saidAs a result of the attack the woman died and her body was sent to a government hospital for postmortem the police saidAn offence under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 302 murder 452 housetrespass and 506 criminal intimidation was registered against BendgaMeanwhile a 30yearold labour contractor has been killed allegedly by six persons in Navi Mumbai township of Maharashtra following a dispute over a Mathadi site of headload workers police said on WednesdayThe incident took place on Tuesday evening at Sector 10 in Nerul area during which the deceaseds wife also suffered injuries they saidThe deceased and one of the accused also in the same business had developed friendship during their time together in a prison according to newswire PTIHowever later a dispute arose between them over a Mathadi site of headload workers in Mankhurd area of neighbouring Mumbai an official at Nerul police station saidThe dispute escalated on February 9 when the contractor and his wife were threatened by a group of individuals near a lake in Navi MumbaiOn Tuesday the accused person along with five other people intercepted the contractor and his wife while they were returning home with their child the official saidThe assailants allegedly attacked the couple with iron rods and sharp weapons resulting in the mans death His wife was seriously injured and hospitalised he saidFollowing a complaint by the wife of the deceased the Nerul police on Tuesday night registered a case against six persons under various Indian Penal Code sections including 302 murder and 307 attempt to murder and provisions of the Arms Act and the Maharashtra Police ActNo arrest has been made so far the police said adding a probe was on into the case