Dehradun police arrested a person under Rajpur Police station who had allegedly murdered a woman after hitting her on the head with stones on Thursday evening.
The accused who was identified as Nalapani resident 65 year old auto rickshaw driver Riyaz was sent to jail after being presented in the court, said SP City Jagdish Chandra.The deceased has been identified as 60 year old woman Savitri, local resident of Shehenshahi Dharmshala area, Rajpur Road, he added.
Rajpur Road police station in-charge MB Srivastava said that Riyaz and Savitri were friends and used to consume liquor together. On Thursday, both met and consumed liquor in the ruins of a building few kilometres away from her residence. In intoxicated state they had a fight during which Riyaz hit her on the head with stones and escaped from the scene.
She started bleeding and lost consciousness after which she lay on the ground for around five hours.locals informed the police about a body lying on the ground in the Shehenshahi Dharmshala area. Police reached the site and admitted her in the Doon Hospital where she was declared dead by doctors. A case against the accused was registered under section 304 of IPC in the Rajpur Police Station. The accused was arrested by the police on Friday and later he was sent to jail after being presented in the court, he added.