Bride-to-be arrested for assaulting elderly woman

The Gangammanagudi police on Friday arrested a 19-year-old girl on the charge of hitting an elderly woman with a pressure cooker lid.

The police said Priyanka assaulted her neighbour Subamma, 70, wife of a provision shop owner Kondaiah when she was alone at her house in Raghavendra Layout on September 19.

Priyanka went to Subamma’s house and picked up an argument with her. She told Subamma not to intervene in her personal affairs. In a fit of rage, she hit Subamma with the lid of a pressure cooker and a stick. She snatched Subamma’s gold chian and left the place, said the police.

Kondaiah who came home for lunch found his wife lying on the floor in a pool of blood. He phoned his son immediately. Kondaiah and his son checked on Subamma and assumed that she was dead. They thought it was a murder for gain as the gold chain was missing.

They informed the police control room, who in turn alerted the Gangammanaguddi police.
The police rushed to the spot and found that Subamma was alive. She was shifted to a nearby hospital and is said to be out of danger.

The police questioned a few local residents who told them that they had seen Priyanka coming out Subamma’s house. Based on information provided by Subbamma, the police arrested Priyanka and recovered the gold chain.

During the interrogation, Priyanka told the police that her marriage is scheduled to take place on October 15 and Subbamma was talking ill about her character, the police said. Priyanka had snatched Subbamma’s gold chain to mislead the police, said a senior police officer.