Woman held for thrashing 82-year-old mother-in-law

Panipat, August 23

Social media has been buzzing with a video, in which an 82-year-old woman is seen getting thrashed by her daughter-in-law and her mother at her home in Sonepat. The video were posed on Sunday.

Subsequently, daughter-in-law Saroj and her mother Mamta were booked under Sections 323, 506 and 34 of the IPC, the police have said. Saroj, an Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) in the Health Department, was arrested on Sunday. Her children made the video.

In his police complaint, Sukhdei’s son Rammehar accused his wife and mother-in-law of torturing her mother for long. Rammehar drives a private milk van.

SP Jashandeep Singh Randhawa said, “After verifying the authenticity of the video, a case was registered.” — TNS