Three arrested in connection with alleged rape and murder

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Press Trust of India Kanthi (WB)
Last Updated : Aug 19 2014 | 8:56 PM IST
Three persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a local CPI(M) leader's wife in East Midnapore district, police said today.
Three persons - Swapan Jana, Manick Lal Giri and Chandan Jana - have been arrested after the woman's husband filed a complaint alleging that his wife was raped and murder, police said.
The three arrested persons were among the 12 persons named by the woman's husband in the complaint.
The other nine named in the complaint are absconding, the police added.
The body of a local CPI-M leader's wife was found hanging from the ceiling inside a room in her house here yesterday.
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First Published: Aug 19 2014 | 8:56 PM IST

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