Woman raped, murdered; accused commits suicide in custody

A 56-year-old woman was raped and murdered at Sangram in the remote Kurung Kumey district today, while the man who allegedly committed the crime later hanged himself to death inside a police station, the police said.

Tamchi Sonar allegedly raped the woman before strangling her to death, IGP N Payeng said.

Sonar, who was later arrested, hanged himself inside a toilet at the Sangram police station.

Sonar committed suicide when relatives of the woman were protesting outside the police station after they heard about the incident and when the police were trying to pacify the crowd, Payeng added.