Woman brutally killed in Bihar over land dispute, body found mutilated

• a 45-year-old woman was brutally beaten to death in Bihar's Khagaria district, allegedly over a land dispute
• The woman's body was found in a mutilated state with her eyes gouged out, her tongue cut, and injuries on her private parts
• The incident was reported on Saturday evening when the victim, Sulekha Devi, had gone to her field in Mehandipur village

In a tragic incident, a 45-year-old woman was brutally beaten to death in Bihar's Khagaria district, allegedly over a land dispute. The woman's body was found in a mutilated state with her eyes gouged out, her tongue cut, and injuries on her private parts, police said on Sunday.

The incident was reported on Saturday evening when the victim, Sulekha Devi, had gone to her field in Mehandipur village. While working in the fields, Devi was attacked by four men on bicycles who beat her, gouged out her eyes with a knife, cut her tongue, and mutilated her private parts, police said, citing eyewitnesses.

The woman died on the spot, police said, adding that a case has been registered against five people under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including charges under Section 302 for murder. The accused are on the run since the crime was reported and the police have launched an investigation to nab them.

Sulekha Devi's family has accused five of their neighbors - Mahendra Singh, Rulo Singh, Rajdev Singh, Fulungi Singh, and Shyam Kumar Singh.

According to the police, Sulekha Devi's family was involved in a long-standing land dispute with five of their neighbors. Although it is a court case, the victim's husband and brother-in-law were also murdered over the same issue nine years ago.