Madhya Pradesh: 16-year-old boy rapes, brutally kills woman in Rewa

A 16yearold boy allegedly raped a 58yearold woman and murdered her by gagging and hitting her brutally in Madhya Pradeshs Rewa district a crime suspected to the fallout of a mobile phone theft two years ago police said on SundayThe incident took place on the night of January 30 in Kailashpuri village under Hanumana police station limitsThe boy allegedly stuffed a plastic bag and a cloth into her mouth dragged her to an underconstruction part of the building where she resided hit on her head and other body parts with a sickle and also caused injuries to her private parts with a stick an official saidThe womans family had accused the boy of stealing a mobile phone two years ago and the boy wanted to take revenge for it he saidAdditional Superintendent of Police ASP Vivek Lal said an information was received on February 1 that the body of a 58yearold woman was lying at an underconstruction buildingThe police and forensic team reached the spot and it was found the woman was brutally murdered by an unidentified person he saidAlso Read Cops puts accused in minister murder case under psychological assessment testOn the basis of tipoff from informers and the investigation the police zeroedin on the boy living in her neighbourhoodThe womans family members also expressed suspicion on the boy who used to come their house to watch television two years back the official saidHer family had then accused him of stealing a mobile phone which led to enmity between the boy and the family the police saidThe boy wanted to take revenge because of the embarrassment he faced in the village following the theft charge the official saidOn January 30 when the victims son and husband were out of station the boy entered her house He allegedly overpowered the woman sleeping on a cot and when she tried to scream he stuffed a polythene bag and a cloth into her mouth the police official saidHe then tied a plastic bag on her face using a rope and wire and dragged her to an underconstruction part of the building Lal saidAfter tying her to a door the boy allegedly hit the woman repeatedly and raped her when she became motionless after being suffocated the official saidHe also hit on the victims head hands throat and chest with a sickle and caused injuries to her private parts with a stick Lal saidThe boy later fled after taking away Rs 1000 cash and jewellery kept in the womans house he saidAfter being detained the boy admitted to the crime during interrogation the official saidHe was sent to a juvenile home and a case was registered against him under various Indian Penal Code Sections including 302 murder 376 rape 460 lurking housetrespass or housebreaking by night 380 theft and 201 causing disappearance of evidence of an offence the police addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever