Agencies
JASHPUR, Apr 1: A woman sarpanch was allegedly murdered by unidentified persons at her house in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Jashpur district on Tuesday, more than a month after being elected as the head of her village, police said.
The incident took place around 12 noon when the victim, Prabhavati Sidar (37), was in the vegetable garden in the backyard of her house in Dongadarha village under Tumla police station area, a police official said.
Sidar was elected as sarpanch of Dongadarha village panchayat in panchayat elections held in February this year.
As per the preliminary information, Sidar was alone at her house at the time of the incident.
She was taking a bath in the vegetable garden of her house. When her daughter reached there, she found her seriously injured, following which she raised an alarm and called other family members and villagers, he said.
Sidar was shifted to the Primary Health Centre at Kotba, where doctors declared her dead, he said.
Soon after being alerted, a police team was rushed to the spot. Later, teams of forensic experts, dog squad and cyber cell were also roped in into the investigation, he said. |
