Housewife raped, murdered

Hyderabad, November 6: A 35-year-old housewife was raped and murdered at her house in Kukatpally on Monday.

The victim was identified as Aruna Kumari, 35, of Gayathri Nagar in Kukataplly. Aruna Kumari used to work at Noble Binding Press in Gayathri Nagar. Aruna's elder daughter is a B Tech student, while her younger daughter is in class VII. Her husband, Peter, is an employee with a pharma firm in Qutbullapur.

At 1.30 pm, Aruna went home for lunch. "The assailants entered the house when Aruna was alone. They raped her and then strangled her to death using a nylon wire," Kukatpally inspector K Srinivasa Rao said.

The incident came to light when Aruna's neighbours went to her house in the evening. "Neighbours found Aruna lying dead in the house and alerted her husband. Police were also intimated about the incident," the inspector said. Police then shifted the body to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem where doctors, after the forensic examination, confirmed that she was raped and then strangled to death.

The investigating officials suspect that the assailants were known to Aruna as they managed to enter the house without any resistance. The investigators called in Clues team to collect fingerprints from the spot and vaginal swabs of the victim have also been preserved.

"We will be talking to the victim's family members and colleagues to know if she had any friends. Her cell phone call data will also be analyzed," an official said. Police have booked a case under section 302 (Murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).