Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): A woman was murdered in Uttar Pradesh while her granddaughter survived in the attack after the killers smashed their heads with bricks while they were sleeping on the intervening night of September 19 and 20 in Kanpur district, police said.
The incident took place at Purvameer village of Maharajpur police station area. The deceased has been identified as Kusma Devi (55). Devi lives in an old house separately from her two daughters-in-law while her two sons work outside Kanpur.
Local sources said that on Thursday night, Devi slept with her 9-year-old granddaughter in the courtyard of her house. On Friday morning, when Kusma Devi did not come out of the house for a long time, the family members became suspicious. The family members reached the spot and saw Kusuma Devi's blood-soaked body lying in the courtyard. The girl was rushed to the hospital by the family while the police also rushed to the spot in the meantime.