Summary:
A village head’s son allegedly shot dead a 60-year-old Dalit woman at Elau area in Mainpuri on Monday night for failing to turn up at his home to do household chores on Holi. A case has been registered against nine persons, including village head Urmila Yadav, her husband and son Sonu Yadav, all of whom are absconding. The accused allegedly shot at her husband, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital. The victim’s younger son Shravan Kumar said in his police complaint that Sonu had called his parents to his house to do some household chores on Holi. But, the couple failed to turn up that day and on Monday night, Sonu and his aides arrived at their house and started beating everybody..