Over a dozen men barged into the residence of a widow and allegedly beat her up and her family members in South-East Delhi’s Temur Nagar village area on Sunday night.
The woman had reportedly asked the tenant to vacate the shop on the ground floor which the accused was occupying for the last five years. Shops of other people in the area were also damaged though owners claimed that no items were stolen. The police said the incident took place on Sunday night, when at least four cars suddenly stopped in front of her residence. A herd of men carrying sticks and iron rods barged into her house and fired two gun shots in the air before entering the house. later they allegedly had an argument over something with the woman identified as Santosh Devi (50). Following this, they started hitting her. Her son Rohit (20) who lives below in the same house tried to stop them but he too was beaten up.
The other members of the family including her younger son, Mohit (18) was also beaten up by the gang members when he tried to stop them. Following this, Devi called for help from her other relatives who too rushed to save her but the gang outnumbered them and they too were assaulted. Around four people were admitted to a city hospital with grievous injuries. A case has been registered at New Friend’s Colony police station.