Ranchi: The mother of a rape and murder accused allegedly committed suicide near Mandar, about 30 kilometres from Ranchi, the police said today.
The police suspect that it was a case of suicide and investigation was still on into the exact cause of the death on Thursday, Superintendent of Police Surendra Kumar Jha said.
The woman's 25-year-old son Vijay Mahto was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and murder of his two cousins, whose bodies had been recovered from a well in a village under Mandar block.
Vijay had allegedly asked his 12 and eight-year-old cousins to accompany him somewhere on Wednesday. When the family began looking for the girls, Vijay guided them to a well where the body of the girls were found.
The police suspect that it was a case of suicide and investigation was still on into the exact cause of the death on Thursday, Superintendent of Police Surendra Kumar Jha said.
The woman's 25-year-old son Vijay Mahto was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and murder of his two cousins, whose bodies had been recovered from a well in a village under Mandar block.
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