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Woman killed after suspected murder in Jharkhand

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Press Trust of India Medininagar (Jharkhand)

A woman was allegedly killed after suspected rape and the body with her throat slit was found in a bush near a school in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Wednesday, police said.

The body has not been identified so far, a senior police officer said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Surjit Kumar said that it was "a suspected case of rape and murder of the woman".

The body was found from a bush near Barwahi Middle School under the jurisdiction of the Hussainabad police station, he said.

The body has been sent to the district hospital at Medininagar for autopsy, Kumar added.

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First Published: Aug 21 2019 | 4:55 PM IST

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