New Delhi: Two incidents of alleged thrashing by police during a raid, leading to two individuals’ deaths respectively, were reported in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad and Chandauli district, within a span of a week.On Sunday, May 8, an elderly woman died in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad after she was assaulted by a police team at her home, her family members alleged.They alleged that the 60-year-old woman was “violently shaken” following which she collapsed and died.The woman’s husband, Fauran Singh, was also admitted to the hospital, apparently due to trauma suffered due to his wife’s sudden death, family members told the news agency PTI.The police have ordered a probe into the matter.The woman’s four sons were released from Tundla Jail in Firozabad on Saturday, police said. Police have claimed they were jailed last month after they “attacked their relatives over some dispute.”Superintendent of police (city) Mukesh Chandra Mishra said, “A police team reached the house of the family under the Pachkhera police station limits on Saturday [May 7] evening to check on the brothers. But an altercation took place between family members and the police team.”Mishra said the family members alleged that during the altercation, the woman was “violently shaken” by a policeman following which she collapsed and died.“The body has been taken for postmortem examination,” the officer said.Also read: Why Police Brutality and Torture Are Endemic in IndiaA similar incident took place on May 1 in the state’s Chandauli district, where a police team allegedly manhandled two daughters of a sand trader during a raid, leading to the death of one, the Indian Express reported.According to the report, the alleged incident took place around 4 pm when a police team had gone to Kanhaiya Yadav’s house at Manrajpur village in Chandauli to arrest him after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him.The police denied the charge, adding that the team did not enter the house as the criminal was not present there. However, the family told Hindustan Times that the team, however, returned later and raided their house.According to the Indian Express report, a video that went viral showed a woman lying on the floor and alleging that the police thrashed her and her sister. In the video, the family was seen alleging that their daughter died after being “beaten up” by the police team.Circle officer (Chandauli) Anil Rai alleged that the 22-year-old woman appeared to have died by suicide, the report added.Chandauli superintendent of police (SP) Ankur Agarwal told Hindustan Times that since the cause of her death was not clear in the post-mortem report, the viscera has been preserved and sent for examination.When asked about the deceased’s brother alleging that his sister was raped, the Chandauli SP told the daily: “The post-mortem report did not find any external or internal injury on the whole body except a scratch on the throat and minor injury on the left side of the jaw. Still, the swab has been taken and sent to forensic experts for examination. Things will be clear after the swab and viscera report is received.”Meanwhile, villagers staged a protest and allegedly thrashed head constable, who suffered injuries, the report added, citing the SP.(With inputs from PTI)