Telangana: Missing 35-year-old labourer raped, killed in Jinnaram

HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old daily wage worker who went missing on Sunday, was found to have been raped and killed by a robber with the assistance of his wife in a hillock at Jinnaram area of Sangareddy district.
After strangling the victim to death, the couple escaped with her gold ear studs and silver anklets. Police suspect that the accused might also be involved in an attempt to murder case and they are being grilled to find out if they were involved in more such offenses.
The accused were identified as Swamy, 35, a labourer from Vikarabad district and his wife Narsamma. The victim left her house in Mallampet area of Dundigal on Sunday morning to find work.
While she was waiting at Mallampet labour adda, Swamy and Narsamma came on a two-wheeler and hired the victim for assisting them in painting a small temple in Madaram area of Jinnaram.
After reaching Madaram, the couple led the victim to a hillock. After reaching an isolated spot, Narsamma pinned down the victim and Swamy raped her. Subsequently, they throttled her to death, Dundigal police said. The accused stole two gold studs and two silver anklets of the victim and dumped the body on the hillock between the boulders.
On Monday morning, the victim’s husband lodged a police complaint and police verified the CCTV footage at Mallampet. By analysing the CCTV footage, police identified the accused and picked them up on Wednesday. Based on the confession of the accused, police team went to the hillock in Madaram area of Jinnaram and located the decomposed body of the victim. Postmortem was conducted and the missing case has been altered to a murder case.
Police are interrogating the accused to find out if they have committed more such offenses in the city or surrounding areas targeting women labourers.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)