Saturday, June 24, 2006

Man beheads sister, marches around village with

The residents of a village on the outskirtsof Bangalore woke up to the ghastly sight of a manwalking through the lanes holding the severed head ofhis sister.
Police said the incident took place at S Bingipuravillage, about 25 kms from Bangalore, on Monday morning.
Fifty three year old Hyder Sab alias Iqbal, a truckdriver, had a dispute with his sister Noor Jehan, agedabout fifty six years, over a little more than a acreof ancestral land in the village. The brother and sister were fighting the case in courts and had filedseveral civil suits in the regard.
On Monday morning, Hyder Sab went to the disputedproperty and began chopping into pieces a eucalyptustree that had been uprooted in the overnight rains.But, Noor Jehan learnt about and it and rushed todisputed site.
Claiming that the tree belonged to her,Noor Jehan prevented her brother from taking away thetree.When Hyder Sab argued that the court ruling had beenin his favour, Noor Jehan began shouting for herchildren and threatened to kill him. An enraged HyderSab pinned her sister down and chopped her head.
After severing Noor Jehan’s head from the body, HyderSab marched through the lanes of the village, carryingthe head, dripping with blood, in one hand and thechopper in the other. Shocked and frightened, thevillagers did not dare approach Hyder Sab, who startedwalking out of the village.
He sat on a stone bench outside the village and lit abidi, much to the bewilderment of the villagers. Later, he returned to the disputed property and stayedthere till the police arrived and took him intocustody. Police officials have expressed shock over the incident, as both of them were elderly persons.
WhileHyder Sab had two sons, his sister Noor Jehan, awidow, had a son and a daughter. The property disputebetween the brother and sister had been raging sincetheir parents died several years ago.

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