Assam: Police Arrest Man for Rape and Murder of Woman

Guwahati: A 23-year-old man has been apprehended for allegedly raping a 42-year-old woman after killing her two weeks ago in Udalguri district.

Reportedly, after committing the crime on August 25th, the accused surrendered at Udalguri Sadar police station on Friday and later police charged him with rape and murder.

He was also produced before the court from where he was sent to14-day judicial custody on Saturday.

As per reports, initially, the victim's husband was not accepting the fact that someone from the village could be behind this murder.

Reports also claimed that the woman was hacked to death by the accused when she was having a bath. Besides this, the accused also raped her.

However, as per a report by TOI, the villagers tried to give a colour to the incident by creating rumours that she died under the influence of supernatural powers.

Later, the family demanded an investigation following which the police recovered body from the burial site.

''Her body was sent for postmortem in the presence of the magistrate. Yesterday, we could arrest the boy and a case has been registered under sections 376/302 of the IPC. We will try close the case to its logical conclusion as soon as possible and take it for trial,'' TOI quoted Udalguri SP Supriya Das.

She further added that postmortem report will reveal more about the death.

An investigation officer has asserted the accused has confessed to raping and murdering of the woman.

''The woman is a mother of two daughters, while the accused is a daily wager,'' he added. 

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