A 50-year-old woman lost her life and around 10 others were stated to be injured after two families clashed after an argument over bursting of firecrackers in Outer Delhi’s Samaypur Badli area on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as Sunita Devi. She was a homemaker. A case of murder and other sections of IPC have been registered but no arrests have been made so far as the accused too are admitted to the hospital.
The incident took place around 9 pm when children of the two families, who are neighbours, were bursting crackers. An argument broke out among them, which soon escalated into a scuffle. Soon elders also joined in the fisticuffs, both the parties resorted to stone pelting. Passerby made a PCR call following which a police team rushed to the spot and tried to pacify the warring groups and rushed the injured to
hospital. “locals informed that the families had a long-standing tiff. At least 10 people from both sides have been injured out of which six were grievously injured. The woman succumbed to her injuries during treatment,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Vikramjeet Singh.
The body has been sent for a post-mortem exam to ascertain the cause of death. It appears the woman died of internal injuries or bleeding.