Kanpur(Uttar Pradesh), September 6: According to Uttar
Pradesh Police, a 21-year-old married woman was allegedly killed by her
35-year-old cousin after a failed attempt to rape her in Kanpur (rural) on Thursday.
Based on a complaint filed by her brother, the victim had
gone to her cousin's house in Shivli area to take rest when the incident took
place and her body was recovered on Friday.
Senior police official of Kanpur Rural, Keshav Kumar
Choudhary said, "There were no clothes on the lower part of the woman's
body...It suggests that there might have been an attempt to rape her. We have
sent her clothes for forensic analysis."
The accused, Mangal, has been charged for murder and has been
arrested based on a complaint filed by the woman's brother.
According to police, circumstances suggest that the woman was
strangulated and then stabbed to death after she resisted from being sexually
assaulted.
"We would be in a position to add further charges in the
case after we receive the autopsy report," the police officer added.