Two die in alleged rape attempt in Karimganj

From our Staff Reporter
SILCHAR, Dec 29: In a sensational development allegedly relating to a rape attempt, two persons — one from either sex — had to lost their lives at Patharkandi in Karimganj district today. According to sources, Panchami Shuklabaidya, a housewife in her mid-40s, killed one Akadds Ali who allegedly tried to rape her in her residence at Dohalia under Patharkandi police station today. The woman surrendered before the police after killing Ali, sources said. The incident reached its crescendo when the police came to Panchami’s house to take the body of Ali. The neighbours of Ali resisted the police force to take the body away, but the men in uniform managed to take the body to the police station. The police also picked up Jagadish, Panchami’s husband, and two of her relatives. Meanwhile, the irate neighbours of Ali torched the house of Jagadish and four other houses in the area, and the 85-year-old mother of Jagadish, Niroda Shuklavaidya, was charred to death in the fire. Police forces have been deployed in the area to bring the law-and-order situation under control. source: sentinel assam