A 35-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting dead body of a woman in South East Delhi’s Sunlight Colony on Monday.
Police said the accused has been arrested and search is on for another person involved, who is absconding.
According to a senior police official, the accused has been identified as Anil, who police said, is not mentally stable and is attracted towards corpses (Necrophilia). Anil is also unemployed.
Police said on Monday around 3.45 pm, Anil was caught sexually assaulting the dead body in a bush behind a bus stop on the Ring road by a passerby, who immediately called up police.
“After receiving the PCR call, a police team was sent to the spot and Anil was arrested. The accused was presented in court and his police custody was seeked. He is currently in our custody for further interrogation,” said the police official.
Police said the face of the woman was smashed with a stone and she was strangled to death. The police official further said the woman could not be identified yet.
On sustained interrogation, Anil said he, along with another person, who is currently absconding, had taken turns and sexually assaulted the body but denied killing the woman. Anil also told police that they assaulted the dead body a day before as well.
Investigations to find out the murderer of the woman and the question that whether the woman was sexually assaulted before her death as well, has been initiated.
A case under relavant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Sunlight Colony police station. The body of the woman was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. The body has been sent to the mortuary for post-mortem. Further investigations in the matter is on.