GUWAHATI: The prime accused in the New Year’s Day eve rape and murder of a mother of three children at Ramfalbil village under Serfanguri police station in Kokrajhar district, was arrested by police on Wednesday night.
The bare body of the woman was found by villagers on January 1 night in a paddy filed near her house and police was informed prompt.
Kokrajhar police identified the arrested accused as Hathorki Narzary. Kokrajhar Additional SP, Prakash Medhi informed that accused was arrested from his hideout at Serfanguri area.
Medhi said that Narzary had confessed to have committed the crime and further investigation was on.
The accused who is below 18 years of age , told the police during interrogation that the woman was the wife of his elder brother and they had an affair for a long time.
Police said the woman was murdered with a piece of rope. The mobile phone used by the woman and the piece of rope were yet to be recovered.
The accused confessed that he had called the woman out of her house to the nearby to the paddy field and committed the crime.
