A woman was allegedly killed by the her in-law at Dhiridard village under the Peterwar police station of the Bokaro district on Tuesday . Police recovered the body with the assistance of the villagers in the morning on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Surajmani Devi wife of Dinbhandhu Manjhi of the same village while the reason behind her murder seemed to be a dispute over interference of her in his family life, police said.
According to police ,the villagers on Monday were celebrating Karma festival including Surajmani and her other family member .According to eyewitness ,the entire episode was over in the ten to twenty minutes .After a single gun short from point blank range by her in-law .Surajmani Devi was found lying on the ground and in minutes she succumbed to her injury.
later the local villagers who informed the Peterwar police just after the incident .Police started running helter-skelter after the gunshot .On Tuesday morning local villagers took her son –in law Subash Tuddu in their custody from his house at the same village later they handed over the local police.
The officer-in charge Pankanj Kumar of Peterwar police station, said that Subash Tuddu son-in law of Surajmani Devi blamed his mother-in law for having interference in his personal family. But the accused is yet to confess to his crime, but no the basis of primary investigation the case under the IPC 302 against Subash Tuddu has been lodged and sent him to judicial custody.