Overview
- Police say the woman was attacked at her parlour near Rohtak’s Mata Darwaja on Thursday morning and died at the scene.
- The suspect, her brother identified by police as Jawala Prasad and referred to as Lala in reports, was arrested within hours and is being interrogated.
- An employee named Laxmi who tried to intervene was injured and admitted to hospital, according to officials.
- A forensic science team collected evidence at the site, and the body was sent to PGIMER Chandigarh for an inquest.
- An FIR for murder and related offences, including house trespass with intent, has been registered as investigators review the family’s account of a dispute over her post-divorce live-in relationship.