A 60-year-old elderly woman has been murdered after being raped at a bus stand in a village of the taluk.
The police said the accused forced himself on her when the mentally challenged elderly woman was sleeping at the bus stand. He stabbed her with a knife as she screamed. The accused is absconding, they said.
The brother of the deceased, in a police complaint, said the rape survivor was mentally upset after being away from the family and was sleeping at the bus stand and she opted to beg for her livelihood. A complaint has been registered at the Nelogi police station.
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(Published 19 July 2021, 14:30 IST)