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100-year-old woman found murdered in Punjab village, family claims she was raped
Patiala, Sept 27 (IBNS) : A centenarian woman was found murdered in a paddy field near Patiala in Punjab on Monday as her family alleged that she was raped before being killed, media reports said.
The partially-stripped body of the 100-year-old was found in a pool of blood near paddy fields in Daub Kalan village in the early hours.
Media reports quoted the woman's grandson as saying that she used to sleep in the open.
"In the morning we found her dead. She had been raped and died because of the wounds in her head," he said.
The police have filed a case of murder. Rape charges will be added if post-mortem confirmed it.
The police have filed a case of murder. Rape charges will be added if post-mortem confirmed it.
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