A 65-year-old woman was brutally murdered after being sexually assaulted at her Janata quarters under Govindpura police station area on Wednesday.
According to the police, the victim Jamuna Bai was with her grandson at her residence and when her elder grandson retuned at around 2 in the night he spotted someone escaping the house but was not able to figure out the miscreant.
Police were informed about the murder and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot. After preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The decease was strangulated to death and her clothes were undone but case of rape has not been registered against the unidentified miscreant and might be registered as the circumstantial evidences suggest that the victim has been sexually assaulted but as the autopsy report is awaited rape could not be confirmed, told the police.
Janata quarters where the incident took place is a colony developed with the aim to provided homes for slum dwellers at very low rates.
The locals including a huge number of women protested the death and blocked the traffic for around 1 hour. The women were demanding that the women residing at houses developed under slum rehabilitation scheme and in slums are vulnerable to such attacks and security should be provided to such areas.
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old woman who was allegedly raped lodged a complaint at the Kolar police station on Tuesday.
Police said that the victim was kidnapped and was held captive by Amit Verma of Khargone and when the victim escaped she described about the incident.
The police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and have started further investigation.