The incident took place at Khelna village under Pragpura police station in Jaipur district on Wednesday.
Additional police superintendent Vineet Bansal said the victim, Santosh (21), wife of Naresh, was sleeping in her room Tuesday night. Her father-in-law Kailash, in the wee hours, stealthily got into her room and tried to sexually assault her.
When the women resisted he started beating her up. The woman, then, raised an alarm but Kailash caught hold of her neck and strangled her to death. He then left the house.
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