Kanpur: A 21-year-old married woman was allegedly murdered by her cousin after a failed rape attempt. Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday. woman went to her cousin’s house shivli area To rest on Thursday when the incident happened and his body was recovered on Friday, Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Dehat) Keshav Kumar Choudhary said.
“There were no clothes on the lower part of the woman’s body. This suggests that an attempt may have been made to rape her. We have sent her clothes for forensic examination,” the police officer said.
accused Fortunate (35) has been booked for murder and arrested after the body was recovered and a complaint was filed by the woman’s brother.
The police officer said the circumstances suggest that the woman was strangled to death and then stabbed to death after preventing the accused from sexually assaulting her.
“We will be in a position to add more charges in the case after receiving the autopsy report,” the police officer said.
(As per Supreme Court directions on matters relating to sexual harassment, the identity of the victim is not disclosed to protect her privacy)
“There were no clothes on the lower part of the woman’s body. This suggests that an attempt may have been made to rape her. We have sent her clothes for forensic examination,” the police officer said.
accused Fortunate (35) has been booked for murder and arrested after the body was recovered and a complaint was filed by the woman’s brother.
The police officer said the circumstances suggest that the woman was strangled to death and then stabbed to death after preventing the accused from sexually assaulting her.
“We will be in a position to add more charges in the case after receiving the autopsy report,” the police officer said.
(As per Supreme Court directions on matters relating to sexual harassment, the identity of the victim is not disclosed to protect her privacy)
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