Odisha youth pushes woman to death after being denied a ride on newly-purchased bike

A woman from Sorishada village under Kendrapara’s Aul Police limits died after being pushed by a youth on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Sandhyarani Sharma and the accused is Sudhir Sharma.

As per reports, Sudhir asked Sandhyarani’s son Tapas Sharma from the same village to give him his bike to ride. However, when Tapas refused to hand him over the bike keys, Sudhir got infuriated and started abusing Tapas.

Following the altercation, Sandhyarani came in support of Tapas, and she was allegedly shoved by Sudhir in a fit of rage. The push was so severe that Sandhyarani dashed against a coconut tree and fell on the concrete road hitting her head.

Her family members rushed her to Pattamundai hospital for treatment, but the doctors pronounced her brought-dead.

“I have purchased a new bike. Sudhir used to take that from me for a ride. However, he started abusing my family when I refused to give the bike keys yesterday. When my mother tried to stop him from abusing me, Sudhir pushed her on the road. She fell down and died on the spot,” said Tapas.

“Sudhir killed my sister-in-law. We demand justice for her and stringent punishment for Sudhir,” demanded the brother-in-law of the deceased, Karunakar Sharma.

Accused Sudhir was arrested by the police after Sandhyarani’s family filed a complaint at Aul Police Station.

The police were unavailable for comments on this matter.