Health worker raped and murdered

The woman, an accredited social health worker, was heading home with her husband Manoj Sharma from a market place on Tuesday evening when the miscreants intercepted them at gun point and took her away and gangraped her, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ganesh Kumar said.

The miscreants killed the woman before making good their escape, the SP said.

The victim’s husband has lodged a FIR against six accused persons charging with the rape and murder of his wife, Kumar said.

The woman’s body has been sent for post-mortem.