A 15-year-old girl was raped and murdered at a house in Mruthyunjaya Nagar on Sunday. Police said the victim was alone at home, when the incident occurred. She was raped and stabbed in the neck. The incident came to light when the victim’s parents returned home around 11 pm.
Police have arrested two persons identified as Shivananda Sharanappa Hadapad and Ganesh Mahadevappa Talavar of Chowdeshwari Nagar in connection with the crime.
The victim had no father and her mother lives with a man after the death of her husband. Town police have registered a case.
(Published 21 November 2016, 20:05 IST)
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