The accused was arrested!
A 25-year old man was arrested in Telangana for brutally raping a woman, beating her to death and sexually abusing her corpse.
The horrible incident took place in Choutuppal town, which is located 50 km away from Hyderabad.
The accused, who worked as a construction supervisor, had been stalking the victim, a 24-year-old woman, who lived with her husband in a godown near his house.
The accused had observed that the woman would stay alone for long hours while the husband worked as a watchman in a nearby college, reported The TOI...
The accused, on Monday, May 9, snuck into the godown and raped the woman after threatening to kill her. But within an hour, he murdered the woman.
According to Choutuppal Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Uday Reddy, the accused murdered the woman by battering her head with a blunt object and repeatedly raped the corpse.
After committing the horrific crimes, he stole her gold jewellery and fled the scene. Based on a police complaint given by the victim’s husband, police filed a case of rape, murder and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Police spoke to the people in the area, identified the accused and arrested him on Wednesday, May 11, from Malkapur village, located hardly one kilometre away from the crime scene.
Police recovered the stolen ornaments from his possession and produced him in court, which sent him to judicial remand.
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