HYDERABAD: A 30-year-old man was arrested by Medchal police on Wednesday for allegedly killing a widow on November 12 and stealing her valuables.
DCP (Balanagar Zone) PV Padmaja said that the victim was hanged to a tree by accused, who is her colleague in her workplace.
On November 12, the accused took the victim to his friend on the pretext of consuming liquor together. Later, the accused sexually abused the victim. Subsequently, the accused’s friend dropped the accused and victim at Dabilpur railway gate. Meanwhile, the accused realized that the victim was drunk and he decided to take advantage of it.
He took her to an isolated location, where he used her scarf and hanged her to a tree. After committing the murder, he took away her silver anklets.
Initially, it was a blind case as the victim was an unknown. Later, based on the CCTV footage, the victim and accused were identified by police using the vehicle which was used by the accused’s friend to drop them near the railway gate. Both victim and accused are labourers.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)