Hamirpur (HP), Nov 12 (PTI) Leader of Opposition in Assembly Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday demanded that the government ensure that there is no laxity in the investigation of the murder of a married woman in Sasan Village of Hamirpur district.

The BJP leader condoled with the 40-year-old woman's family at their house in Sassan village.

On November 3, the woman was hit by a sharp-edged weapon when she resisted a rape bid allegedly by a 14-year-old boy. She died six days later at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMR)-Chandigarh. According to the police, the woman was cutting grass in a field when the teenager tried to sexually assault her.

The boy has reportedly confessed to the crime and is lodged in a juvenile home. On November 9, the woman's family blo

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