Hyderabad: A 45-year-old housewife who was beaten up by five women, after she failed to pay interest for a loan she had taken from them, died on Saturday in Sanathnagar. Police registered a murder case against the women who assaulted Sheikh Mumtaz Begum.
Mumtaz’s husband Sheikh Meera said that two years ago Mumtaz had borrowed Rs 18,000 from one Shukla, a financier, at an interest rate of 10 per cent, to help her younger brother Sohail. She stood surety on Sohail’s behalf. Till a few months ago Sohail used to pay interest regularly. But he could not pay in the last two months.
“As a result Salki and Sukla and three women came to our house and beat her up on April 20,” Meera said. Mumtaz was admitted to Osmania Hospital on Wednesday. She died on Saturday.
Based on Meera’s complaint, police registered a murder case against Shukla, Sakli and the three women and handed over her body after post-mortem. The police has launched a search to nab the women who are absconding.
