LUCKNOW, Nov. 10 -- : A 45-year-old government schoolteacher died after allegedly being assaulted with sticks and knives by a group of people, including a local Congress women's wing president, in Tahir village under Kalwari police station limits in Basti on Tuesday.

Basti's Kalwari circle officer (CO) Brijesh Singh said the altercation began when Lakshmi Yadav, the Congress leader, was returning to her in-laws' house in Tahirpur from her parental home in Baijalpur. As she reached near the teacher's house, an argument broke out between the two women. Lakshmi subsequently called her family members, following which a clash erupted between the two sides, he said.

Sudha Yadav, her husband Sudha Shankar Yadav (48), and their son and daughter...