Woman sarpanch hacked to death for lighting mother's pyre

Raipur: Geeta Prahlad, the sarpanch of the Mohda village in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh, was hacked to death by her brother for lighting the pyre of her mother. Two days after the incident, her brother Tejram Verma accosted her and hacked her to death. He was accompanied by his youngest son Piyush. Geeta's son was injured when he tried to stop his uncle and cousin. According to relatives, Verma's ego was hurt as Geeta performed the last rites of their mother. Also, he was allegedly envious of his sister who did much better than him in life and was elected the sarpanch of the village two months back.