Sangrur, Jan. 25 -- A woman was beaten to death by her three nephews and a niece-in-law following an altercation over hurling of abuses in Balad Kalan village of Sangrur, police said on Saturday.

The victim, identified as Manjit Kaur, who was in her 50s, succumbed to her injuries at PGIMER, Chandigarh, on Friday night after battling for life for four days.

Bhawanigarh station house officer (SHO) Malwinder Singh said two of the accused, identified as Balwinder Singh and Gurchet Singh, had been arrested and efforts were on to arrest Maggar Singh and Reena Kaur, the wife of Balwinder.

As per the FIR, the incident occurred on January 19 when Gurchet started using abusive words in drunken stupor while standing outside the victim's house.

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