<p>Chirala (Andhra Pradesh): The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/andhra-pradesh-india">Andhra Pradesh</a> government on Friday extended an ex-gratia sum of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of a murdered 21-year-old woman who may have been raped before being killed at Epurupalem village in Bapatla district. </p><p>Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha said that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu extended the ex-gratia. Anitha personally visited the spot where the woman’s body was found unclothed on Friday morning near a railway track at Sitarampuram area in the village. </p><p>“The culprits should be captured within 48 hours. There is no room for laxity and the CM has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh,” Anitha said, talking to reporters at the crime scene.</p>.POCSO court sentences man to 10 years in jail for raping child in Thane.<p> According to the home minister, the woman was from a poor family and eked out a living as a seamstress, while her father was a weaver. </p><p>The family members told the minister that they do not suspect anybody as they did not know of any instance of anyone possibly having stalked their daughter. </p><p>Earlier, Bapatla Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal visited the crime scene and conducted an inquiry. </p><p>“The woman had gone to attend nature's call between 5.30 am and 5.45 am but did not return home, prompting her family members to launch a search for her. She was eventually found dead,” Jindal said in a press release. </p><p>Police suspect that the woman was raped before being murdered. Only after a post-mortem examination can it be confirmed. A case has been registered and five police teams have been formed to investigate the murder.</p>
<p>Chirala (Andhra Pradesh): The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/andhra-pradesh-india">Andhra Pradesh</a> government on Friday extended an ex-gratia sum of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of a murdered 21-year-old woman who may have been raped before being killed at Epurupalem village in Bapatla district. </p><p>Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha said that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu extended the ex-gratia. Anitha personally visited the spot where the woman’s body was found unclothed on Friday morning near a railway track at Sitarampuram area in the village. </p><p>“The culprits should be captured within 48 hours. There is no room for laxity and the CM has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh,” Anitha said, talking to reporters at the crime scene.</p>.POCSO court sentences man to 10 years in jail for raping child in Thane.<p> According to the home minister, the woman was from a poor family and eked out a living as a seamstress, while her father was a weaver. </p><p>The family members told the minister that they do not suspect anybody as they did not know of any instance of anyone possibly having stalked their daughter. </p><p>Earlier, Bapatla Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal visited the crime scene and conducted an inquiry. </p><p>“The woman had gone to attend nature's call between 5.30 am and 5.45 am but did not return home, prompting her family members to launch a search for her. She was eventually found dead,” Jindal said in a press release. </p><p>Police suspect that the woman was raped before being murdered. Only after a post-mortem examination can it be confirmed. A case has been registered and five police teams have been formed to investigate the murder.</p>