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The incident came to light after neighbors alerted the police after a foul smell started emanating from the house of 35-year-old Mansur Shaikh in Bheta of Ausa tehsil this morning.
A man was detained on Monday for allegedly raping and murdering a 70-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Latur district, a police official said.
He said the incident came to light after neighbors of 35-year-old Mansur Shaikh's house in Bheta of Ausa tehsil started emanating a foul odor this morning and neighbors informed the police. be exposed.
“Our investigation found that she was sexually assaulted and then strangled to death. Since the body had started decomposing, we believe she was raped and murdered two days ago. Sheikh had been staying with the body in the house,” the official explain.
“The woman was a resident of Borgaon, about 10 kilometers from Beitta, and had been living in the village for the past few days. Sheikh took her home, raped her and then killed her. After his wife and mother left him, he Alone. He is reportedly mentally unstable,” the official added.
The official informed that a case of rape and murder was being registered at the Beitah police station and Sheikh, who was already in custody, would be arrested.
(This report has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from associated news agency – PTI)
