Woman mowed down by grandson in Odisha over property dispute
Jajpur (PTI): A 70-year-old woman was allegedly run over and killed by her grandson in Odisha’s Jajpur district over a property dispute, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred at Khandarapur-Singada village under the Panikoili Police Station limits on Thursday, when the 23-year-old man mowed down his grandmother Kuli Sahoo, a senior officer said.
Villagers claimed that the deceased was not being taken care of by her son and was forced to stay at her married daughter's place.
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Unable to bear the physical and mental torture by her son, the elderly woman had filed a complaint with the local police and gifted part of her land parcels to her daughter, which triggered a property dispute, the locals said.
The incident occurred when the deceased was returning to her native place along with her daughter, the officer said.
"The elderly woman died on the spot after being knocked down by the grandson's vehicle while her daughter escaped narrowly," he said.
The accused fled the spot with his vehicle, the officer said, adding that a case was registered based on the complaint of the daughter.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
