Talaiya police have nabbed a 35-year-old man on the charge of killing a woman near Pimpleshwar temple in the afternoon on Monday; accused told the police that the deceased used to create problem while begging.
After the body was found during the investigation near a suspect was detained with blood stained clothes and injuries over face. The man was identified as Ajay Salwe of Banganga area of TT Nagar.
Initially the accused tried to mislead the police and later confessed that he had killed the woman as she used to disturb him and would ask to beg somewhere else and frustrated from the deceased he smashed her head and escaped the spot.
The accused was found in an inebriated state, said police.
The identity of the deceased remained unknown in the initial investigation and later it was found that the woman was foot path dweller in front of Kali temple and was found dead in bushes near Pimpleswar temple. The post-mortem report also stated that the victim was not sexually assaulted before murder.
The accused is a beggar and used to beg near the footpath where the deceased used to live and beg which raised the fight and lead to her death.
A case under section 302 of the IPC was registered and started further investigation.
The priest of Pipleshwar temple Pandit Amit Dubey spotted the body in the morning and informed the Talaiya police. The deceased was hit by stone over head and face by the accused which lead to her death.