Police arrested a railway employee and his wife on charges of beating an elderly woman. The elderly woman was mother of Ashis Sarkar, the accused Railways employee, who was arrested along with his wife Moon Sarkar.
Police said, the couple used an iron rod to beat up the elderly woman on Sunday night.
They tried to throw her out of the house at Salt Lake's Sukanta Nagar. To drive the woman out, they beat her with the rod.
Sarkar threatened his father to leave the house. Since his father was ill, he could not say anything.
Sarkar's elder sister said, "My mother protested and tried to stop them from entering the house."
Sarkar and his wife started beating the woman at the gate of the house. Sarkar's elder sister and brother-in-law tried to stop them but they also got injuries.
The local residents rushed to the spot. They captured the accused couple and called up the police.
The police took the couple to the police station and interrogated them for long. Later, police arrested the couple.