Ranka police claimed to have solved a case of rape and murder of a 24 year old woman after arrest of two accused in the connection. On October 23 the accused had raped and killed the woman by strangulating her to death. The accused then dumped the body in bushes.
According to police, accused Husain Ansari (30) and Jamshed Ansari (27), were arrested on Friday after sustained interrogation. “We had detained two three people residing in 1-2 kilometer area of the crime scene. During sustained interrogation, both accused broke down and admitted their crime,” said SDPO Ranka Manoj Mahto. The both accused are neighbours of the deceased and they abducted her under the influence of alcohol. “On the day of incident both accused took her in bush and raped after shutting her mouth . After raping the woman, the accused persons strangulated her with the thread tied on her neck by dupatta in the fear of their identity got revealed,” the SDPO said.
Later, the accused dumped the body in the bush. Body of the woman was recovered on October 29, while she killed on October26. The father of the deceased Hasan Ali reported the incident to police after failing to find the girl.