Minor held for rape, murder bid on woman

Times News Network
Ludhiana: The police on Sunday arrested a 17-year-old boy for attempting to rape and kill his 27-year-old neighbour.
Cops said the accused barged into her PG accommodation and attempted to rape her, but when she resisted, he stabbed her and escaped.
Sub-inspector Satibir Singh said, “The accused lives near the woman’s PG accommodation. In the wee hours of Saturday, he scaled the building’s wall and reached the third floor, where the woman lived alone. Other women lived on the first and the second floors.”
The juvenile entered her washroom through a window and barged into her room. “He first tried to rape her, but when the woman fought back, he stabbed her and fled,” the sub-inspector added.
On hearing her screams, her housemates rushed to her and took her to a hospital.
The cop said the woman was stabbed once in the neck and twice in the stomach. Police recorded her statement on Sunday, after which the FIR was lodged and the accused booked under sections 307, 376 and 511 of the IPC. “The juvenile has been arrested,” he added.