Uttarakhand police has arrested a man for allegedly raping and killing a nurse in while she was on her way back home from the hospital two weeks ago.
The 33-year-old nurse was missing from Udham Singh Nagar district’s Rudrapur since July 30.
The victim left the hospital on the evening of July 30 but never reached back home. She was staying in a rented accommodation in Uttar Pradesh’s Bilaspur with her 11-year-old daughter. Her family filed a missing complaint the following day. Eight days later on August 8, the Uttar Pradesh police found her body in an empty plot, nearly 1.5 km away from her house. According to reports, the horrific incident happened on July 30.
The accused first dragged her to the bushes when she was returning back from her hospital, where he raped her and strangled her to death, according to the police. He also robbed her, took her jewellery, and fled. The police arrested the man from Rajasthan after they tracked the victim’s phone to the location.
The accused Dharmendra Kumar, belongs to Bareilly and is a daily wage labourer. Kumar was allegedly drunk and followed her to her apartment building before raping and killing her.
