Woman beaten to death by four men in J&K

Srinagar: A 40-year-old woman died after being allegedly beaten by four persons in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.

Jameela Begum, a resident of Rayal Baderkote village, succumbed to injuries at Soura Medical Institute here yesterday after being beaten by four persons, a police spokesman said. Her son Mohammad Ashraf Din lodged a report in Karnah police station alleging that his mother was attacked by Saif-ud-Din Dobi, Maqbool Dobi, Ghulam Sarwar and Roshni Jan when she was on her way to the fields, he said. "A case has been registered and investigations are on," the spokesman said adding, no arrests have been made so far. The body of the deceased was handed over to her relatives for last rites after completion of legal formalities, the spokesman added. PTI