Out On Bail, Rape Accused Stabs Woman To Death In Rajasthan: Police

Jodhpur:

A person, out on bail in a rape case, was arrested right now in Rajasthan’s Sirohi district for allegedly stabbing to loss of life the lady he had raped final 12 months, the police stated.

The accused had been pressuring the lady for withdrawal of grievance in opposition to him since he was out on bail and stabbed her to loss of life on Saturday evening at her home in Nagani village in Sirohi district, Extra Director Basic (Crime) Ravi Prakash Meharda stated.

He confirmed the arrest of the accused, Netram, this morning.

“He had raped the sufferer and a case had been lodged in opposition to him in November 2020. He had been arrested by the police and had been in judicial custody for six months,” stated the officer.

The accused was the sufferer’s neighbour. She was a widow and had been working in a neighborhood anganwadi within the village.

After her husband’s loss of life, Netram allegedly raped her final 12 months below the pretext of some assist following which a grievance of rape was lodged by the lady.

Based on the police, Netram got here out on bail in April and had been continually threatening the sufferer to withdraw the case however she was not responding to his calls. On Saturday evening, he barged into her home and stabbed her to loss of life, whereas she was sleeping.

He additionally injured her youthful sister, who additionally was current in the home, as she tried to save lots of her sister. She raised an alarm, however the accused managed to flee from the spot.

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